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Definition: Dairy |
DairyNoun1. A farm where dairy products are produced. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dairy" was first used: sometime around 1300. (references) |
Etymology: Dairy \Dai"ry\ (d[=a]"r[y^]), noun; plural Dairies(-r[i^]z). [Old English deierie, from deie, daie, maid; of Scandinavian origin; compare to Icelandic deigja maid, dairymaid, Swedish deja, orig., a baking maid, from Icelandic deig. See Dough.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | Dairy is a good dream both to the married and unmarried. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Dairy A corrupt form of "dey-ery," Middle English deierie and deyyerye, from deye, a dairymaid. "The dey or farm-woman entered with her pitchers, to deliver the milk for the family." - Scott: Fair Maid of Perth, chap. xxxii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | DAIRY. A woman's breasts, particularly one that gives suck. She sported her dairy; she pulled out her breast. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A dairy is a building for the extraction and processing of animal milk (usually from cows) for human consumption. The end product of such processes are known as dairy products.Historically, the milking and the processing took place in the same location. The development of refrigeration and road transport has meant that most farmers only milk their cows and temporarily store the milk in large refrigerated tanks, which is then transported by truck to central processing facilities.
Milking Sheds
Topics for discussion:
- milking machines
- typical layouts (herringbone, swingover, rotary)
- temporary storage
Processing Facilities
Topics:
In New Zealand English, a dairy was the name given to a small shop which sold basic grocery staples, milk (and bread and butter) especially. Today it is specifically a small convenience store. A farm is a dairy farm, milking facilities are milking sheds or cow sheds, and processing facilities are dairy factories.
- Pasteurization, homogenization
- Cream extraction
- Cheese, butter, yogurt
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dairy."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| DAIS | English | DAiry Information System | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: DairySynonym: dairy farm (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Mart | Grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop, confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy, health food store. |
Receptacle | Attic, loft, garret, clerestory; cellar, vault, hold, cockpit; cubbyhole; cook house; entre-sol; mezzanine floor; ground floor, rez-de-chaussee; basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices; storeroom; (depository); lumber room; dairy, laundry. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, obviously it's not meant to be taken literally; it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese) Like remember that summer at Dairy Queen when I cooled my feet in the soft serve (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) I'll always have a place at the Dairy Queen (Waiting for Guffman; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Eugene Levy) No, I worked in a Dairy Queen (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Uncle Jim's Dairy Farm (1960) The Dairy Maid's Revenge (1899) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | From an overhead angle, a purple glass of milk is spilled into the frame from the lower left corner across a white counter. Above the glass in the upper left is a green bowl of fruit and cottage cheese. The red lettering in the lower right reads: "Eat Low-fat Dairy Foods". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" June 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Dairy cattle in Sonoma County, CA. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | Michael McElhiney discuss manure management with dairy farmers in Stanislaus County, CA. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | African American farmer Theodore Nesmith feeds his goats and dairy cattle on his South Carolina farm. Credit: USDA. |
 | Milk Milk in the dairy section of the Mapledale Giant in Dale City, VA. . Credit: USDA. |  | Dairy cattle at Mason Dixon farm in PA. Credit: USDA. |
 | Holsteins inside dairy barn. Credit: USDA. |  | A small dairy farm in western Maryland. The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines "small farms" as those averaging $50,000 in gross sales annually—which net, on average, around $23,159. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Holstein dairy cows. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Because much of the cost of a cow is the feed and labor needed to maintain her, fewer but higher yielding cows mean lower priced milk. Dairy herd improvement ultimately benefits consumers. Photo by Keith Weller. Credit: USDA ARS News. |
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| "Grater 1" by Erika Thorpe Commentary: "Well there's nothing much to say it's just a cheese grater....the irony of this object is that I'm allergic to dairy products so I use it not for cheese but for grating carrots." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | It must be eleven, he thought, and peered into a dairy to see the time |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Do not drink unpasteurized milk or dairy products. (references) | |
To help reduce calories choose low-fat dairy products. (references) | ||
Choose fruits, vegetables, grains, and low-fat dairy foods. (references) | ||
Business | Currently, Beijing and Shanghai are the major centers for dairy production. (references) | |
The dairy industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in China's food industry. (references) | ||
The master plan identifies six priority sectors, the first two being dairy and rubber. (references) | ||
Economic History | Belarus | Dairy and beef cattle, pigs, and chickens are raised. (references) |
Luxembourg | Most farmers are engaged in dairy and meat production. (references) | |
Hungary | Bovine semen: Hungary's dairy industry is based on U.S. breeds. (references) | |
Political Economy | CHILE | Products affected include red meat, dairy and pet food. (references) |
EL SALVADOR | Basic grains and dairy products also must have import licenses. (references) | |
Netherlands | The agricultural sector produces fruit, vegetables, flowers, meat, and dairy products. (references) | |
Trade | Syria | Medicines, food, dairy, garments, and other consumer products must be labeled. (references) |
France | Cereal, meat, dairy, sugar, and tobacco continue to have relatively high tariffs and restrictions. (references) | |
New Zealand | By statute, commodity-marketing boards have monopoly marketing rights on exports of dairy products, apples, pears, and kiwifruit. (references) | |
Travel | Burma | Visitors should avoid dairy products and uncooked or undercooked meat and vegetables. (references) |
Chad | Imported dairy products are safe, but local dairy products are usually not pasteurized. (references) | |
Zambia | Fresh meat, dairy products, fruits and vegetables are readily available and of high quality. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Weil | The way that the food is presented in our book is really how I eat. Rosie too. I eat lots of fruits and vegetables. I eat fish. I eat some dairy products, some natural cheeses. I eat a lot of soy products and beans. I don't eat meat. I don't eat poultry. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Dairy farmers began to earn a profit again. |
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| "Dairy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.36% of the time. "Dairy" is used about 938 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.36% | 932 | 7,743 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.64% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 938 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "dairy". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Dayton | Male | English | A dairy town |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Hong Kong | Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd | South Korea | Haitai Dairy Co. Ltd. |
| United Kingdom | Dairy Crest Group Plc | USA | Dairy Mart Convenience Stores Inc. |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Dairy, OR |
Expressions using "dairy": alpine dairy hut ♦ cheese dairy ♦ dairy bar ♦ dairy butter ♦ dairy cattle ♦ dairy cow ♦ dairy cow population ♦ dairy farm ♦ dairy farmer ♦ dairy farming ♦ dairy girl ♦ dairy herd ♦ dairy herds ♦ dairy industry ♦ dairy lunch ♦ dairy man ♦ dairy produce ♦ dairy product ♦ dairy products ♦ dairy products plant ♦ Dairy Products Quality Assurance Board ♦ dairy shop ♦ especial closed cupboard for dairy produce ♦ Joint Dairy Breeds Committee ♦ manufacture of dairy products. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "dairy": dairy-based, dairy-class, dairy-cow, dairy-cross, dairy-farmers, dairy-farming, dairy-goat, dairy-maid, dairy-research, dairy-type. | |
Ending with "dairy": beef-dairy, non-dairy. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dairy queen | 2,453 | crest dairy royal | 41 |
dairy | 640 | dairy location queen | 39 |
dairy cattle | 197 | oberweiss dairy | 38 |
dairy farm | 167 | dairy mart | 38 |
dairy product | 162 | dairy june month | 37 |
dairy cow | 127 | dairy cow picture | 37 |
dairy goat | 98 | nubian dairy goat | 37 |
dairy farmer of america | 88 | dairy farmer | 35 |
dairy farming | 71 | dairy month | 34 |
dairy queen coupon | 69 | dairy menu queen | 34 |
national dairy council | 61 | dairy queen canada | 33 |
mayfield dairy | 61 | dairy farm for sale | 33 |
dairy equipment | 61 | journal of dairy science | 32 |
oberweis dairy | 60 | dairy queen cake | 31 |
dairy queen franchise | 56 | cream dairy ice queen | 31 |
united dairy farmer | 52 | dairy free recipe | 31 |
dairy council | 50 | dairy supply | 31 |
american dairy association | 46 | dairy farmer of ontario | 30 |
dairy industry | 42 | dairy barn | 29 |
dairy allergy | 41 | dairy marcus | 28 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "dairy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | djathore, tundës (agitator, churn, shaking), baxho. (various references) | |
Arabic | منتوجات الحليب, معمل اللبن, الملبنة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | мандра (creamery, dairy farm), млекарница (creamery). (various references) | |
Chinese | 酪農業 , 牛奶店 (Dairies). (various references) | |
Cornish | léty. (various references) | |
Czech | mlékárna (creamery, dairy shop). (various references) | |
Danish | mejeri (milk processor). (various references) | |
Dutch | zuivelfabriek (milk processor), melkinrichting. (various references) | |
Esperanto | laktaĵfabriko. (various references) | |
Farsi | لبنیاتی (Creamery), قسمتی ازمزرعه که لبنیات تهیه میکند, شیربندی . (various references) | |
Finnish | meijeri-, meijeri (creamery), maitokauppa (milkshop). (various references) | |
French | laiterie (dairy industry). (various references) | |
German | Molkerei (creamery), milchgeschäft (creamery), Käserei (cheese dairy, cheese making). (various references) | |
Greek | γαλακτοκομείο (creamery, dairy farm). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משק חלב, מחלבה, מאכלי חלב, חלבי (lactic, milky). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tejcsarnok (can, creamery), tejüzem, tejivó, tejgazdaság. (various references) | |
Indonesian | pabrik susu. (various references) | |
Italian | caseificio (cheese factory). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 酪農 , 牛乳屋 (milkman), ミリ波 (milk, milk bar, milk coffee, milk fiber rice, milk plant, milk shake, milky hat, Milky Way, mille-feuille, millennium, milli-wave, Milwaukee, mink, mink coat, white coffee, white tea). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎゅうにゅうや (milkman), ミルクプラント (milk plant), らくのう. (various references) | |
Korean | 낙농장 (Dairies). (various references) | |
Manx | thie bainney, shapp bainney, shamyr vainney, shamyr ny bithag, dayree. (various references) | |
Mohawk | onon'tahson'a. (various references) | |
Norwegian | meieri. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | airyday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | leiteria, leitaria (creamery). (various references) | |
Romanian | vaci cu lapte, magazin de produse lactate, lactat (lacteous), lãptãrie (creamery, milkshop). (various references) | |
Russian | молочный (deciduous, lacteal, lactic, milch, milk, milky), молочная (creamery), маслодельня. (various references) | |
Sepedi | mmofu (dairy cow), bogami (dairy farming). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mlekarstvo, mlekara (cheese dairy, creamery, dairy farm). (various references) | |
Spanish | lechería (creamery), lechero (dairyman, milch, milk, milkman), lácteo (galactic, lacteal, milk, milky). (various references) | |
Swedish | mjölkaffär, mejeri. (various references) | |
Turkish | süthane (creamery), sütçü dükkânı (creamery), mandıra (compound, cowshed, creamery, dairy farm). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сироварня (creamery), розводити молочну худобу, молочарня, маслоробня (creamery). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trại sản xuất bơ sữa (dairy-farm), bò sữa (dairy cattle). (various references) | |
Welsh | llaethdy (milk house), bwtri (buttery, pantry). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dairy": dairying, dairyings, dairymaid, dairymaids, dairyman, dairymen. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "dairy": nondairy. (additional references) | |
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"Dairy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aderly, aderyn, adir, cairy, dafiy, Dagri, dagry, daiary, daimy, dainy, dair, dairn, Dairo, dairty, dairye, daizy, Damir, Damiri, damiro, darey, darib, darry, dary, daur, D'auria, daury, dawry, dayre, dayrie, dayyy, deair, deery, deir, deiry, devry, dhair, Diar, diarn, diarys, diaty, dibry, diery, dirdy, dirsy, dirvy, diry, doiry, dsir, duir, lairy, mairy, nairy, Odacir, pairy, tairy, Udairn, wairy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dairy" (pronounced de"rē) |
| 4 | d e" r ē | Derry. |
| 3 | -e" r ē | airy, Barre, Berry, Bury, Canary, cherry, Clary, Jerry, Kerry, eyrie, fairy, ferry, Glengarry, hairy, Harry, marry, merry, nary, Parry, Perry, prairie, remarry, scary, sherry, skerry, Tarry, Terry, unwary, vary, very, wary, wherry. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: diary, yaird. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-r-y" | |
-1 letter: airy, arid, dray, raid, yard, yird. | |
-2 letters: aid, air, day, dry, rad, ray, ria, rid, rya, yar, yid. | |
-3 letters: ad, ai, ar, ay, id, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-r-y" | |
+1 letter: aridly, hydria, myriad, yairds. | |
+2 letters: acridly, aridity, diarchy, dietary, draying, dryadic, dysuria, hardily, hayride, hydriae, jaybird, lairdly, midyear, myriads, pyralid, pyramid, rabidly, rapidly, readily, satyrid, tardily, yarding. | |
+3 letters: acridity, additory, adroitly, advisory, auditory, banditry, birthday, bridally, caryatid, cityward, dairying, dairyman, dairymen, daringly, diablery, dialyser, dialyzer, dilatory, disarray, draftily, dreamily, drearily, driveway, dyarchic, dysurias, gravidly, gyroidal, hayrides, hydracid, hyracoid, idolatry, intraday, inwardly, jaybirds, kailyard, ladybird, lampyrid, lapidary, midyears, misandry, myriapod, nondairy, ordinary, podiatry, pyralids, pyramids, pyranoid, rabidity, radially, radiancy, rancidly, rapidity, readying, ribaldly, ribaldry, satyrids, shipyard, solidary, tawdrily, tiltyard, variedly, vineyard, willyard, wizardly, wizardry, yardbird. | |
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