dairy

noun
/ˈdɛə.ɹi/UK/ˈdɛɚ.i/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English deyerie (“dairy, dairy farm”), from Anglo-Norman deyerie (“dairy”), from deye (“dairymaid”) + -erie (“-ery”); by surface analysis, dey (“dairymaid”) + -ry. Cognate with Scots dery, dyrie.

  1. derived from deyerie — “dairy
  2. inherited from deyerie — “dairy, dairy farm
  3. inherited from deyerie

Definitions

  1. (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

    • My routine changed in February because I stopped alcohol, caffeine and dairy. Normally, I would have drunk a strong beer before I went to bed and made an espresso in the morning. It’s boring now but healthier.
  2. A place that produces, processes, or sells such products

    A place that produces, processes, or sells such products:

    • Go and fetch the butter from the dairy.
  3. A corner store, superette or minimart.

  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. A woman's breast.

      • Her dairies as Wallop had called them were on display, or at least as much of them as she and Ruth could not contrive to cover.
    2. Referring to products produced from milk.

    3. Referring to the milk production and processing industries.

    4. On food labelling, containing fats only from dairy sources (e.g. dairy ice cream).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dairy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01dairy02milk03yogurt04curdling05curdled06curds07curd08cheese

A definitional loop anchored at dairy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at dairy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA