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# dairy

noun (a dairy, dairies; dairy, uncountable); adjective (dairy)

«dairy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Food made from milk, such as cheese, butter, yoghurt and cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dairy/#m1)
2. A place where milk is kept and made into butter or cheese. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dairy/#m2)
3. A company that sells milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dairy/#m3)
4. (NZ) A small corner shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dairy/#m4)
5. (adjective) Related to milk (dairy farm, dairy cows). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dairy/#m5)

### In the lessons

In science and health: dairy foods give calcium for bones; the food groups. In geography: dairy farming. In everyday life: dairy aisle, dairy-free (for allergies or vegans). In New Zealand: «pop down to the dairy» for sweets.

### Examples

- Cheese and yoghurt are dairy foods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dairy/#x1)
- My brother can't eat dairy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dairy/#x2)
- We visited a dairy farm and milked a cow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dairy/#x3)
- Dairy foods give us calcium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dairy/#x4)
- This ice cream is dairy-free. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dairy/#x5)
- I bought a lolly at the dairy. (NZ) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dairy/#x6)
- Then the monkey got up and went to the dairy, and drank all the milk he could find. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dairy/#x7)

### Note

Trap: dairy (milk food, DAIR-ee) and diary (a book for daily notes, DIE-uh-ree) are often mixed up. Eggs are not dairy, even though they are sold near it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dairy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dairy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dairy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dairy.html) on Mova free.