dairy

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Related topics: Agriculture

dai·ry /ˈdeəri $ ˈderi/ noun (plural dairies) [countableC]

1. TAa place on a farm where milk is kept and butter and cheese are made 牛奶场；乳品场

2. TABBCa company which sells milk and sometimes makes other things from milk, such as cheese 牛奶公司；乳品公司

3. dairy products/produce milk, butter, cheese etc 乳品，乳制品

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dairy products/produce• However, households also paid sharply more for some items they bought every few days, such as gasoline and dairy products.• The most harmful type are saturated animal fats, found in meat and dairy products.• However these products tend not to be as rich in calcium as dairy products and red fish.• In general, nondairy products such as whipped toppings coffee creamers, and margarine are replacing the corresponding dairy products.• She pruned her diet drastically, cutting down dairy produce and other foods high in cholesterol.• Dunlop parish had been long-famed for its dairy produce.• Vegans: Vegetarians who eat neither eggs nor dairy products may have a tough time consuming enough vitamin B-12.• No oil, dairy products or sweeteners are added so the principle of slow rise will prevail.

Examples from the Corpus

dairy• Critics routinely dubbed him a dairy farmer from Kansas.• Carrie followed him, through a door at the back of the kitchen, down a stone passage into a dairy.• The most extensive tracts are taken up by five dairy farms.• But it's cattle you should think of in this country, perfect dairy pasture, rich it is.• At the time, Dorset was beginning the transition from picturesque dairy country to affluent summer artist colony.• Congress got in the act in the following years, lending the academy $ 255,000 to expand the dairy.• As he set off to return to the dairy and Tess, his father rode with him a little way.

Origin dairy

(1200-1300) dey “female servant (in a dairy)” ((10-19 centuries)), from Old English dæge “maker of bread”

dai·ry noun

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