dairy — ONAD · Shobdo

dairy /ˈderē, ˈdɛri

▸ noun

(plural dairies)

a building, room, or establishment for the storage, processing, and distribution of milk and milk products.

▪ a store where milk and milk products are sold.

▪ food made from or containing milk.

▸ adjective [attributive] containing or made from milk:

local dairy foods.

▪ concerned with or involved in the production of milk:

a dairy farmer.

– ORIGIN Middle English deierie, from deie ‘dairymaid’ (in Old English dǣge ‘female servant’), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse deigja, also to dough and to the second element of Old English hlǣfdige (see lady).