dairy
dairy — noun
1. a building, farm, or business where milk is collected, stored, and turned into p
a building, farm, or business where milk is collected, stored, and turned into products such as butter, cheese, or yogurt for sale
Nora's family runs a small dairy that delivers milk to local shops every morning.
countable: a dairy = a business or farm
The dairy outside town produces cheese that is sold all over the country.
Tuan works at a dairy where they bottle fresh milk every day.
Élise took over the family dairy and expanded it to sell yogurt and butter.
- creamery
specifically a place where butter and cheese are made, often larger than a farm dairy
- dairy farm
focuses on the farmland and raising cows, not the processing side
- milk plant
a large industrial processing facility, more technical in tone
文法句型
a dairy
at a dairy
dairy + noun (compound)
用法筆記
Countable noun. Often appears in compounds like dairy farm (the agricultural land) and dairy farmer (the person who runs it).
常見錯誤
2. all foods and drinks produced from milk, for example cream, yogurt, and cheese
all foods and drinks produced from milk, for example cream, yogurt, and cheese
Jisoo stopped eating dairy after she discovered she was lactose intolerant.
uncountable: dairy = food category; collocation: stop eating dairy
Renata always checks food labels to see if they contain dairy.
Amani added more dairy to her diet to get enough calcium for strong bones.
Matthew's doctor told him to eat less dairy to lower his cholesterol level.
- milk products
slightly more formal, interchangeable in most contexts
- dairy products
the full form, often used on food labels and in health writing
- dairy foods
emphasises the food category rather than the commercial product
文法句型
eat + dairy
avoid + dairy
contain + dairy
用法筆記
Uncountable when used as a category of food (I don't eat dairy). Do not use with a or an — a dairy refers to the place sense (noun/1).
常見錯誤
dairy — adjective
1. related to cows kept to give milk rather than killed for meat, or describing foo
related to cows kept to give milk rather than killed for meat, or describing foods produced from milk
Anna works on a dairy farm where they milk over one hundred cows daily.
attributive: dairy + noun (dairy farm, dairy cow, dairy product)
Tamar keeps dairy goats and sells their milk to local cheese makers.
Ravindra's family switched to plant-based alternatives for all dairy products.
Defne grew up on a dairy farm and learned to make butter at age ten.
- milk-producing
more explicit about the production aspect, usually for animals or farms
- lactating
used for female mammals currently producing milk, more biological
- milking
describes the action rather than the category, e.g. milking herd
- beef
describes cows raised for meat rather than milk, e.g. beef cattle vs dairy cattle
文法句型
dairy + noun (dairy cow / dairy farm / dairy product)
用法筆記
Only used before a noun (attributive position). Common in fixed compounds: dairy cow (a cow bred for milk), dairy product (food made from milk), dairy industry (the commercial sector).