dairy — ODE · Shobdo

dairy /ˈdɛːri

▸ noun

(plural dairies)

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

▪ a shop where milk and milk products are sold.

▪ [mass noun] milk and milk products collectively:

I rely on soya as a substitute for dairy.

2 New Zealand English (also corner dairy) a small grocery shop.

▸ adjective [attributive] containing or made from milk or milk products:

local dairy foods.

▪ concerned with 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).