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dairy

a place where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made; a shop or company that sells milk, butter, etc.

Not to be confused with:

diary – a private daily record of one’s experiences and feelings; journal, daybook, log, chronicle

dair·y

(dâr′ē)

n. pl. dair·ies

1. A commercial establishment for processing or selling milk and milk products.

2. A place where milk and cream are stored and processed.

3. A dairy farm.

4. The dairy business; dairying.

5. Food containing milk or milk derivatives.

adj.

1. Of, for, or relating to milk or milk products: the dairy section at the grocery store.

2. Of or relating to dairying.

3. Judaism Of or relating to food products containing milk or milk derivatives and not containing meat or meat derivatives, as dictated by dietary law.

[Middle English daierie : daie, dairymaid (from Old English dǣge, bread kneader; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots) + Anglo-Norman -erie, place (from Old French; see -ery).]

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dairy

(ˈdɛərɪ)

n, pl dairies

1. (Commerce) a company that supplies milk and milk products

2. (Commerce)

a. a shop that sells provisions, esp milk and milk products

b. NZ a shop that remains open outside normal trading hours

3. (Architecture) a room or building where milk and cream are stored or made into butter and cheese

4. (Agriculture)

a. (modifier) of or relating to the production of milk and milk products: dairy cattle.

b. (in combination): a dairymaid; a dairyman.

5. (Cookery)

a. food containing milk or milk products: she can't eat dairy.

b. (as modifier): dairy produce.

[C13 daierie, from Old English dǣge servant girl, one who kneads bread; see dough, lady]

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dair•y

(ˈdɛər i)

n., pl. dair•ies,
adj. n.

1. a room, building, or group of buildings where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.

2. a company that processes or distributes milk and milk products.

3. a store that sells milk and milk products.

4. the business of producing milk, butter, and cheese.

5. (in the Jewish dietary laws) dairy products, in contrast to meat and meat products.

adj.

6. of or pertaining to a dairy or to a farm devoted to the production of milk and milk products.

7. of or pertaining to milk, cream, butter, cheese, etc.

[1250–1300; (Old English dǣge bread maker; c. Old Norse deigja; see lady) + -erie -ery]

Dairy

milking cows collectively, 1779.

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dairy - a farm where dairy products are produced

dairy farm

farm - workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit; "it takes several people to work the farm"

Translations

مَحَلٌّ بَيْعُ الأَلْبَانمَعْمَل ألْبانمَلْبَنَه، دُكّان ألْبان

mlékárnaspíže na mlékomléčný

mejerimælkerum

Molkerei Milchgeschäft

γαλακτοκομείο γαλακτοκομικός

lechería vaquería

meijerilähikauppamaitokauppamaitotuote

crémerie laitier laitière crèmerie laiterie

mljekara

tejcsarnoktejgazdaság

mjólkurbúîmjólkurhús

caseario caseificio latteria

コンビニぼくじょう乳製品販売店日用雑貨店牛乳屋

유제품 회사

pieninėpieninė karvėpienininkystės ūkis

piena veikalspienotava

zuivel zuivelbedrijf

meierimeieri-meieriprodukter melke-melkebu

mleczarnia

fábrica de laticínios leiteria

молочный магазин

mliekareň

mlekarna

mejeri

ผลิตภัณฑ์ที่ทำจากนม

mandırasütçü dükkânısüthane

cửa hàng bơ sữa

乳品牛奶及乳品店牛奶房

dairy

[ˈdɛərɪ]

A. N (= shop) → lechería f; (on farm) → vaquería f

B. CPD [products] → lácteo
dairy butter N → mantequilla f casera
dairy cattle, dairy cows NPL → vacas fpl lecheras
dairy farm N → granja f de productos lácteos
dairy farmer N → ganadero/a m/f de vacuno de leche
dairy farming N → industria f láctera, industria f lactaria
dairy herd N → ganado m lechero
dairy ice cream N → helado m de nata
dairy produce N → productos mpl lácteos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dairy

[ˈdɛəri]

(= shop) → crémerie f, laiterie f

(on farm) → laiterie f

adj [foods, industry] → laitier/ière dairy butter, dairy cow, dairy farm, dairy farmer, dairy farming, dairy herd, dairy ice cream, dairy produce, dairy productsdairy butter n → beurre m fermierdairy cow n → vache f laitièredairy farm n → exploitation f pratiquant l'élevage laitierdairy farmer n → producteur/trice m/f de laitdairy farming n → industrie f laitièredairy herd n → troupeau m de vaches laitièresdairy ice cream n → crème f glacéedairy produce n → produits mpl laitiersdairy products npl → produits mpl laitier

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dairy

n → Molkerei f; (on farm) → Milchkammer f; (= shop) → Milchgeschäft nt

dairy

dairy butter

n → Markenbutter f

dairy cattle

pl → Milchvieh nt

dairy cow

n → Milchkuh f

dairy farm

n → auf Milchviehhaltung spezialisierter Bauernhof

dairy farming

n → Milchviehhaltung f

dairy herd

n → Herde f → Milchkühe

dairy husbandry

n → Milchwirtschaft f

dairy ice cream

n → Milchspeiseeis nt

dairy

dairymaid

n → Melkerin f; (= worker) → Molkereiangestellte f

dairyman

n → Melker m; (= worker) → Molkereiangestellte(r) m; (= milkman) → Milchmann m

dairy produce

n, dairy products

pl → Milch- or Molkereiprodukte pl

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dairy

[ˈdɛərɪ]

1. n (shop) → latteria; (organization, on farm) → caseificio

2. adj → caseario/a; (breed, cow) → da latte
dairy farm → caseificio
dairy farming → industria casearia
dairy ice cream → gelato gusto crema
dairy produce → latticini mpl

dairy

(ˈdeəri) – plural ˈdairies – noun

1. a shop supplying milk, butter, cheese etc. We bought milk at the dairy.

2. the place on a farm etc where milk is kept and butter and cheese are made.

dairy cow – plural dairy cows/cattle

– a cow kept for its milk.

dairy farm

a farm specializing in producing milk and milk products.

dairy

→ مَحَلٌّ بَيْعُ الأَلْبَان mlékárna mejeri Molkerei γαλακτοκομείο lechería meijeri crèmerie mljekara latteria 乳製品販売店 유제품 회사 zuivelbedrijf meieri mleczarnia fábrica de laticínios, leiteria молочный магазин mejeri ผลิตภัณฑ์ที่ทำจากนม mandıra cửa hàng bơ sữa 乳品

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Poyser, who was ironing a few things that still remained from the Monday's wash, had not been making a frequent clinking with her iron and moving to and fro whenever she wanted it to cool; carrying the keen glance of her blue-grey eye from the kitchen to the dairy, where Hetty was making up the butter, and from the dairy to the back kitchen, where Nancy was taking the pies out of the oven.

And as to that Betty as was dairymaid at Trent's before she come to me, she'd ha' left the cheeses without turning from week's end to week's end, and the dairy thralls, I might ha' wrote my name on 'em, when I come downstairs after my illness, as the doctor said it was inflammation--it was a mercy I got well of it.

"Run into the dairy and see cousin Hetty make the butter."

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Mittens ran away to the dairy, and hid in an empty jar on the stone shelf where the milk pans stand.

Samuel Whiskers got through a hole in the wainscot, and went boldly down the front staircase to the dairy to get the butter.

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There's nothing like a dairy if folks want a bit o' worrit to make the days pass.

"Ah, Priscilla," said Nancy, returning the pressure with a grateful glance of her clear eyes, "but it won't make up to Godfrey: a dairy's not so much to a man.

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The dairy called Talbothays, for which she was bound, stood not remotely from some of the former estates of the d'Urbervilles, near the great family vaults of her granddames and their powerful husbands.

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The Stadtholder has a country-house, one league distant from Leyden, properly speaking a kind of large dairy, and my aunt, who was his nurse, has the management of it.

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Miss Halcombe led me round to the servants' offices, and we found the girl in the dairy, with her sleeves tucked up to her shoulders, cleaning a large milk-pan and singing blithely over her work.

"I have brought this gentleman to see your dairy, Hannah," said Miss Halcombe.

Before any more questions could be put to her, she was called away to receive a basket of eggs at the dairy door.