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nondairy

nondairy

2 3.4
A product used instead of milk, often made from plants like almonds
  • noun
  • /nɒnˈdɛəri/
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  • Many people choose nondairy milk alternatives like almond or soy milk for their morning coffee.
  • nondairy creamer
  • nondairy milk
  • nondairy whipped topping

Examples

  • And the lunch service has nondairy options.

    Magic Camp (2020)

  • - Nondairy creamer?

    The Big Hit (1998)

  • But if I see any sign of any nondairy whipped topping, I'm leaving.

    From Justin to Kelly (2003)

  • I was feeling a bit disoriented... living in a town that didn't carry any nondairy creamer.

    Roger & Me (1989)

  • I saw a woman in a restaurant drink twenty containers of nondairy creamer as if they were thimbles of good whiskey: Incident.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Nah, they're nondairy.

    Explicit Ills (2008)

  • The store offers a wide range of nondairy cheeses made from nuts and soy for lactose-intolerant customers.

  • To make this recipe suitable for vegans, I substituted regular milk with nondairy options like oat milk.

Antonyms

dairy product
20 1.4

Food that comes from animal milk, like cheese or yogurt

How Dairy

dairy
77 1.0
nondairy
2 3.4

Surface Forms

nondairy singular
nondairies plural

Morphology

nondairy = dairy (transparent) = non + dairy

The meaning is directly compositional: 'non-' negates 'dairy', yielding something that is not made from milk.

Etymology

The word nondairy is used as a noun and comes from non- 'not' and dairy 'milk', so it means a product you use instead of milk, often made from plants like almond or oat.