Meaning of dairy in English

dairy

adjective

/ˈdeə.ri/ us

/ˈder.i/

used to refer to cows that are used for producing milk, rather than meat, or to foods that are made from milk, such as cream, butter, and cheese:

dairy cattle

dairy farmers

dairy products

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I'm trying to cut down on dairy products, which is difficult because I adore cheese.
You'll find all the yogurts in the dairy section, madam. Shall I show you?
I hope you've checked the ingredients, as Amy's allergic to anything dairy.
The shop doesn't stock much dairy produce - only fresh milk, actually.
My uncle recently sold his dairy herd and is now concentrating on arable farming.

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dairy

noun

/ˈdeə.ri/ us

/ˈder.i/

[ C ]

a place on a farm where milk and cream are kept and cheese and butter are made, or a company that supplies milk and products made from milk

[ U ]

foods that are made from milk, such as cream, butter, and cheese:

I was advised not to eat too much dairy.

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We get our milk and cheese from the local dairy.
One of regions biggest dairies has won a contract to supply milk to a major supermarket chain.
This dairy is famous for its delicious ice cream.
There used to be a dairy on the farm until they decided to only raise cattle for meat.
The cheese is still made in village dairies in Switzerland by local cheese-makers.

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(Definition of dairy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

dairy | American Dictionary

dairy

noun [ C/U ]

/ˈdeər·i/

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a place on a farm where milk and cream are kept and cheese and butter are made, a company that supplies milk and products made from milk, or milk and products made from milk:

[ U ] She eats no meat and very little dairy.

[ U ] I’ll only buy nonfat dairy products.

(Definition of dairy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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dairy

A profitability analysis of dairy feeding systems in the northeast.

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These include commercial maize production, horticulture, tree crops, dairy, and cattle ranching.

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The ammonium transported in runoff from the composted dairy manure was somewhat consistent for the 10-week study.

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The dairy farm covered the costs of forage storage and manure-spreading.

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Nevertheless, the reported study design was used because the research group already had information on the paratuberculosis status of a large number of dairy farms.

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Fewer handlers may be needed to process the grains and dairy that predominate in these regions.

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Nevertheless, there is also a demand for continuous labour, working with threshing, supplementary cattle raising and dairy farming, various maintenance tasks, and the like.

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These herd sizes represent 82% of all dairy farms in the area.

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Data on labour inputs for forage production, market prices of dairy products and farm inputs were also collected.

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The mode of transmission is assumed to be due to sharing the same risk factors of drinking and eating unpasteurized dairy products.

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Moreover, the main change between the first and second agreements for the dairy sector was to delay the introduction of the measures until 2005/06.

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This scenario assumed expansion of the coupled dairy farm to use the additional forages.

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However, in our study, among the dairy farm workers, a high risk was linked to the presence of sheep at a farm.

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Opportunities for reducing the environmental impact of dairy farming managements: a systems approach.

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Accordingly, this organism was isolated from approximately 1 % of the dairy farm workers examined in this study.

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dairy

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commercial dairy

Fifteen commercial dairy herds were divided into four groups based on cattle importation practices.

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dairy barn

The farmhouse and dairy barn were to have been connected by a transitional utility space, with other utility structures forming a yard to the rear.

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dairy cooperative

This dairy cooperative has a membership of about 500 farmers.

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奶牛的, 奶製品的，乳品的, 牛奶場，乳品場，製酪場…

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