dairying

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dairy/ˈdeəri/

▶noun (pl. dairies)

• 1 a building or room for the storage, processing, and distribution of milk and milk products.

• 2 milk and milk products collectively.

▶adjective containing or made from milk.

■ concerned with or involved in the production of milk.

– derivatives
dairying noun.

– origin ME deierie, from deie ‘dairymaid’ (in OE dǣge ‘female servant’), of Gmc origin; rel. to dough.