'Dairy' definitions:
Definition of 'dairy'
(from WordNet)
noun
A farm where dairy products are produced [syn: dairy, dairy farm]
Definition of 'Dairy'
From: GCIDE
- Dairy \Dai"ry\ (d[=a]"r[y^]), n.; pl. Dairies (-r[i^]z). [OE. deierie, from deie, daie, maid; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deigja maid, dairymaid, Sw. deja, orig., a baking maid, fr. Icel. deig. [root]66. See Dough.]
- 1. The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese. [1913 Webster]
- What stores my dairies and my folds contain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese. [1913 Webster]
- Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English butter. --Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A dairy farm. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dairy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appetizing store,
- armory,
- arsenal,
- assembly line,
- assembly plant,
- atomic energy plant,
- bakery,
- bakeshop,
- bindery,
- boatyard,
- bodega,
- boilery,
- bookbindery,
- brewery,
- brickyard,
- butcher shop,
- buttery,
- cannery,
- creamery,
- dairy house,
- defense plant,
- deli,
- delicatessen,
- distillery,
- dockyard,
- factory,
- factory belt,
- factory district,
- feeder plant,
- flour mill,
- food shop,
- food store,
- fruit stand,
- grocery,
- grocery store,
- groceteria,
- health food store,
- industrial park,
- industrial zone,
- larder,
- main plant,
- manufactory,
- manufacturing plant,
- manufacturing quarter,
- meat market,
- mill,
- mint,
- munitions plant,
- oil refinery,
- packing house,
- pantry,
- plant,
- pork store,
- pottery,
- power plant,
- production line,
- push-button plant,
- refinery,
- root cellar,
- sawmill,
- shipyard,
- spence,
- stillroom,
- subassembly plant,
- sugar refinery,
- superette,
- supermarket,
- tannery,
- vegetable store,
- winery,
- yard,
- yards