dairydai‧ry /ˈdeəri $ ˈderi/ ●●○ noun (plural dairies) [countable] 
WORD ORIGINdairy
Origin:
1200-1300 dey ‘female servant (in a dairy)’ (10-19 centuries), from Old English dæge ‘maker of bread’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- As he set off to return to the dairy and Tess, his father rode with him a little way.
- At the time, Dorset was beginning the transition from picturesque dairy country to affluent summer artist colony.
- But it's cattle you should think of in this country, perfect dairy pasture, rich it is.
- Carrie followed him, through a door at the back of the kitchen, down a stone passage into a dairy.
- Congress got in the act in the following years, lending the academy $ 255, 000 to expand the dairy.
- Critics routinely dubbed him a dairy farmer from Kansas.
- The most extensive tracts are taken up by five dairy farms.
WORD SETS
agrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fat-free yoghurt
(=kept for their milk)· He keeps a herd of dairy cows.
(=a farm that has cows and produces milk)· Checks are made on milk from local dairy farms.
a fat-free yoghurt British English (=milk, butter, cheese etc)· Vitamin A can also be obtained from dairy produce and eggs.
· Some people are allergic to dairy products.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· So the farm is well set with its 1000 acres of arable and large dairy herd.· It had been a long hot day on the farm where I help my father with his large dairy herd.
· Express Dairies, the oldest dairy in London, it said.
NOUN· There is much permanent grass and more dairy cattle than in other parts of East Anglia.· The farmers concentrated upon dairy cattle and sheep and were dependent upon weaving as a second source of income.· A prize of nearly £2,000 for top dairy cattle has encouraged a huge entry of 777 animals, bucking downward national trends.· Kale Kale is grown for feeding dairy cattle.· Much of it is intensively managed grassland carrying a heavy stocking of dairy cattle.· Without it, in my opinion, the profit does not compare with that of dairy cattle.· Most lowland farmers keep some dairy cattle and rear calves as well as wintering and fattening sheep and lambs.
· The most extensive tracts are taken up by five dairy farms.· They live together on a lushly beautiful dairy farm.· In 1915 the farm was taken over by Fauchons who ran it as a dairy farm.· He turned the beef holding into a dairy farm and soon began expanding by leasing other dairy farms all over Ireland.· With Marjorie, she rented a tiny cottage at the edge of a dairy farm in Dorset, Vermont.· He turned the beef holding into a dairy farm and soon began expanding by leasing other dairy farms all over Ireland.· Livestock sales are down 1%, while turnover on dairy farms could fall by up to 10%.
· Milk quotas imposed on dairy farmers have now stabilised, but only after putting many farmers out of business.· More like a dairy farmer, Wade thought, than an officer of the law.· For dairy farmers the payment period was reduced from 45 days to 30 days.· All California dairy farmers must pay 15 cents to the federal fund for every hundred pounds of milk produced.· For dairy farmers shorter courses were run but travel could still be considerable and some found it very difficult to attend.· Roberts was born in 1918, the son of a dairy farmer in Puente, California.· In 1986, with the Community still awash with milk, production quotas were imposed on dairy farmers.
· High dairy food consumers prefer light floral fragrances.· The good news is that dairy foods, like milk, yogurt and cheese, help protect teeth from cavities.· Getting adequate protein from easy-to-eat dairy foods can help.· To offset the perception that dairy foods are high in calories, low-fat cheeses have become state-of-the-art.· Fish and shellfish or dairy foods could show up daily, but would be optional.· If you include dairy foods, use low-fat versions, and only small portions.· Two to three servings low-fat or non-fat dairy foods.
· So the farm is well set with its 1000 acres of arable and large dairy herd.· His operation, in terms of mechanization and dairy herd management, is one of the most capital-intensive in the province.· Milk is the dominant product from livestock farms, and beef is usually a byproduct of the dairy herd.· It had been a long hot day on the farm where I help my father with his large dairy herd.· Its main role is as a terminal sire for suckler herds or as a beef sire for dairy herds.· The land is used intensively mainly for dairy herds producing fresh milk.· Dairying in particular occupied the second Earl's attention and his own dairy herds were a lifelong passion.
· Their acidic characteristics makes them particularly suitable for the dairy industry, breweries and soft drink manufacturers.· On the whole, though, the Norman producers are acting with sense and foresight over the development of their dairy industry.· Eight maids a-milking Rationalisation is not finished yet in the Northern Ireland dairy industry.· It will be a very different dairy industry by the end of 2001.
· Dunlop parish had been long-famed for its dairy produce.· She pruned her diet drastically, cutting down dairy produce and other foods high in cholesterol.· Chapter 2 has touched on food intolerance in the case of dairy produce.· It is also obtained in liver, kidney, dairy produce, and eggs.
· The materials cover the production and manufacture of milk and dairy products, as well as providing nutrition information.· Lately, the Northern California-based family-run company has introduced other dairy products to Southern California stores.· Vitamin B12 is found in dairy products, and a number of cereals and yeast extracts, such as Marmite.· No oil, dairy products or sweeteners are added so the principle of slow rise will prevail.· He became increasingly frustrated by his inability to preserve food, especially dairy products, during hot summer months.· She then gave the dairy product to a leper, whose affliction immediately disappeared.· They get into the human diet via fish, meat and dairy products.· Vegans: Vegetarians who eat neither eggs nor dairy products may have a tough time consuming enough vitamin B-12.
VERB· Most lowland farmers keep some dairy cattle and rear calves as well as wintering and fattening sheep and lambs.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1a place on a farm where milk is kept and butter and cheese are made2a company which sells milk and sometimes makes other things from milk, such as cheese3dairy products/produce milk, butter, cheese etc- Dunlop parish had been long-famed for its dairy produce.
- However these products tend not to be as rich in calcium as dairy products and red fish.
- However, households also paid sharply more for some items they bought every few days, such as gasoline and dairy products.
- In general, nondairy products such as whipped toppings coffee creamers, and margarine are replacing the corresponding dairy products.
- No oil, dairy products or sweeteners are added so the principle of slow rise will prevail.
- She pruned her diet drastically, cutting down dairy produce and other foods high in cholesterol.
- The most harmful type are saturated animal fats, found in meat and dairy products.
- Vegans: Vegetarians who eat neither eggs nor dairy products may have a tough time consuming enough vitamin B-12.