dairy, dairy farm
(noun) a farm where dairy products are produced
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dairy (plural dairies)
A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.
A dairy farm.
A shop selling dairy products.
(also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.
(New Zealand) A corner-store, superette or 'mini-mart' of some description.
• milkhouse
• milkery (rare)
dairy (not comparable)
Referring to products produced from milk.
Referring to the milk production and processing industries.
(British) On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).
• diary, yaird
Source: Wiktionary
Dai"ry, n.;pl. Dairies. Etym: [OE. deierie, from deie, daie, maid; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deigja maid, dairymaid, Sw. deja, orig., a baking maid, fr. Icel. deig. Dough.]
1. The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese. What stores my dairies and my folds contain. Dryden.
2. That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese. Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English butter. Temple.
3. A dairy farm. [R.]
Note: Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
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