dairy

Everyday

1. Food made from milk, such as cheese, butter, yoghurt and cream. tree →
2. A place where milk is kept and made into butter or cheese. tree →
3. A company that sells milk. tree →
4. (NZ) A small corner shop. tree →
5. (adjective) Related to milk (dairy farm, dairy cows). tree →

In the lessons

In science and health: dairy foods give calcium for bones; the food groups. In geography: dairy farming. In everyday life: dairy aisle, dairy-free (for allergies or vegans). In New Zealand: «pop down to the dairy» for sweets.

Examples

• Cheese and yoghurt are dairy foods. tree →
• My brother can't eat dairy. tree →
• We visited a dairy farm and milked a cow. tree →
• Dairy foods give us calcium. tree →
• This ice cream is dairy-free. tree →
• I bought a lolly at the dairy. (NZ) tree →
• Then the monkey got up and went to the dairy, and drank all the milk he could find. tree →

Note

Trap: dairy (milk food, DAIR-ee) and diary (a book for daily notes, DIE-uh-ree) are often mixed up. Eggs are not dairy, even though they are sold near it.