dairy
/ˈdeːɹi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "My routine changed in February because I stopped alcohol, caffeine and dairy. Normally, I would have drunk a strong beer before I went to bed and made an espresso in the morning. It’s boring now but healthier."
- "Go and fetch the butter from the dairy."
- "Can you go and buy some yoghurt and blue cheese from the dairy?"
- "Her dairies as Wallop had called them were on display, or at least as much of them as she and Ruth could not contrive to cover."
- "Is this milk dairy or soy?"
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English deyerie (“dairy, dairy farm”), from Anglo-Norman deyerie (“dairy”), from deye (“dairymaid”) + -erie (“-ery”); by surface analysis, dey (“dairymaid”) + -ry. Cognate with Scots dery, dyrie.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dʰeyǵʰ-, deyerie
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdeːɹi/
- British English: /ˈdɛə.ɹi/
Usage
- Uncountable
- Countable
- New Zealand usage
- Slang
- British usage