dairy

Noun
Synonyms: dairy farm

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a farm where dairy products are producedSynonyms: dairy farm
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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