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nondairy

nondairy

3.4
A product used instead of milk, often made from plants like almonds
  • noun
  • /nɒnˈdɛəri/
: sustituto lácteo
  • 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
23 1.4

Food that comes from animal milk, like cheese or yogurt

How Dairy

dairy
112 1.0
nondairy
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.