Words / B2

DAIRR-ee/ˈdeəri/

Dairy is food made from milk — cheese, butter, yoghurt — or a farm or firm that produces it: dairy products; a dairy farm. Milk is the raw liquid; lactose is the sugar in it. Quote dairy in the nutrition table, then the fat per 100 g. Mix-up: dairy vs diary (already in many lower-level lists); daily; do not write dairy for a plant drink unless the source labels it as a dairy alternative.

Meaning

Food made from milk, such as cheese, butter, and yoghurt; also a farm or firm that produces it.

Examples

• “Quote dairy in the nutrition table, then the fat per 100 g, not a farm slogan.”
• “A dairy farm featured in the land-use map, which is the producer sense — still name the herd size if given.”

Good to know

dairy products / farm / cattle; a dairy (firm). Contrast: plant-based alternatives. Trap: diary / daily. Nutrition, geography, and food science. Milk products, or the farm that makes them — quote the table.

Near in meaning

milk products, creamery, butter

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