DAIRY PRODUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dairy product mean? 

• DAIRY PRODUCT (noun)
  The noun DAIRY PRODUCT has 1 sense:

1. milk and butter and cheese

  Familiarity information: DAIRY PRODUCT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAIRY PRODUCT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Milk and butter and cheese

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("dairy product" is a kind of...):

food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)

Meronyms (substance of "dairy product"):

hexadecanoic acid; palmitic acid (a saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dairy product"):

milk (a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings)

cream (the part of milk containing the butterfat)

half-and-half (half milk and half light cream; contains 10% to 18% butterfat)

butter (an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use)

yoghourt; yoghurt; yogurt (a custard-like food made from curdled milk)

whey (watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates)

curd (coagulated milk; used to make cheese)

clabber (raw milk that has soured and thickened)

cheese (a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk)

 Context examples 

The inability to digest or absorb lactose, a type of sugar found in milk and other dairy products.

(Lactose Intolerance, NCI Dictionary)

Domesticated ungulates that are raised for beef, dairy products, and leather, and used for labor.

(Cow, NCI Thesaurus)

Galactosemias range in severity depending on the nature of the genetic change, and are usually treated through avoidance of galactose in the diet, primarily from lactose in dairy products.

(Leloir Pathway of Galactose Metabolism, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Inverse associations were observed between dairy product consumption and ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarction.

(Adequate intake of milk and dairy products in different life stages helps prevent chronic diseases, University of Granada)

One of nine essential amino acids in humans required for growth and tissue repair, Lysine is supplied by many foods, especially red meats, fish, and dairy products.

(Lysine, NCI Thesaurus)

Much of the benefit from dairy products is thought to come from the calcium they provide, which we know can help prevent colon cancer.

(Eating Yogurt May Lower Risk of Colon Cancer in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Carnitine is made in muscle and liver tissue and is found in certain foods, such as meat, poultry, fish, and some dairy products.

(acetyl-L-carnitine, NCI Dictionary)

A form of carnitine, which is a substance made in muscle and liver tissue and found in certain foods, such as meat, poultry, fish, and some dairy products.

(Carnitor, NCI Dictionary)

A substance made in the muscle and liver tissue and found in certain foods, such as meat, poultry, fish, and some dairy products.

(Carnitine, NCI Dictionary)

Cholesterol also comes from eating foods taken from animals such as egg yolks, meat, and whole-milk dairy products.

(Cholesterol, NCI Dictionary)