an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
a shop or company that sells milk, butter, etc.
the business of a dairy farm, concerned with the production and treatment of milk and cream and the manufacture of butter and cheese.
dairy farm.
milk, or products made from or containing milk; dairy products, as butter and cheese: He avoids red meat, processed foods, and dairy in his diet.
(in Jewish dietary law) foods, including all milk products, eggs, fish, vegetables, etc., that may be eaten at a meal in which milk is served, in contrast to meat and meat products, which may not.
adjective
of or relating to a dairy or a dairy farm.
relating to or for milk, cream, butter, cheese, etc.: dairy products; the dairy case at a supermarket.
(in Jewish dietary law) of or relating to dairy, in contrast to meat and meat products.
Origin of dairy
1250–1300; Middle English daierie, equivalent to daie, deie dairymaid (Old English dǣge bread maker; cognate with Old Norse deigja;see lady) + -erie-ery