Definition of "dairy" []

• A commercial establishment for processing or selling milk and milk products. (noun)
• A place where milk and cream are stored and processed. (noun)
• A dairy farm. (noun)
• The dairy business; dairying. (noun)
• Of, for, or relating to milk or milk products: the dairy section at the grocery store. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "It might also not be a bad idea to drop the word "dairy.""
• "When were growth hormones an issue in dairy foods and meats?"
• "The ability to digest the milk sugar lactose first evolved in dairy farming communities in central Europe, not in more northern groups as was previously thought, finds a new study led by UCL (University College London) scientists published in the journal PLoS Computational Biology."