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dairy product

dairy product

20 1.4
Food that comes from animal milk, like cheese or yogurt
  • noun
  • /ˈdɛəri ˈprɒdʌkt/
translation icon : producto lácteo
  • Cheese and yogurt are popular examples of dairy products that many people enjoy.
  • unpasteurized dairy products
  • dairy products such as cheese
  • dairy products like yogurt

So often a very common question is which dairy product, and it's almost always cheese.

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Examples

  • Young children benefit from consuming dairy products like milk and cheese for strong bones.

  • One of these is the door-to-door delivery of milk and dairy products.

    Academic text (1994)
  • - Are dairy products all right?

  • So often a very common question is which dairy product, and it's almost always cheese.

  • This man has been charged with the production, sales and distribution of illegal dairy products.

  • But you can get vitamin D in tuna, eggs, and dairy products.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Young children should not be given unpasteurized dairy products or undercooked food.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The majority of children were eating dairy products, although a few families reported that children were lactose intolerant.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Carbs are found in plant-based foods and dairy products.

    Academic text (2015)
  • An added concern is that TBE can be contracted from unpasteurized dairy products such as cheese and milk.

    Academic text (2014)

Synonyms

dairy
vsdairy product
77 1.0

Food that people make from milk, like cheese, butter, and yogurt

refers to one food made from milk rather than the whole group

How Solid

cheese
1.0
butter
635 1.0
dairy product
20 1.4
yogurt
  • US
176 1.0
cream
864 1.0
milk
1.0

Surface Forms

dairy product singular

Morphology

dairy + product

The meaning 'a food made from the milk of mammals' is directly and compositionally derived from 'dairy' (milk-derived foods) + 'product' (an item produced or sold). This literal noun-noun combination is cross-linguistically common and follows standard compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Dairy product is a name made from dairy, the place where 'milk' was kept and made into foods, and product, something made there. So a dairy product means a food made from 'milk', like cheese or yogurt.