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[the letters ‘ai’ in “dairy” rhyme with the letters ‘ar.’ in “dare”; the letters ‘ia’ in “diary” rhyme with the letters ‘ie’ in “die”]

dairy products — milk, cheese, butter, cream, etc.

“Dairy” (plural – dairies) is ‘a place, such as a building on a farm, where milk is kept and milk products (curds — yogurt, butter, cream, milk drinks) are made and sold; a department of farming concerned with the production of milk and milk products, such as butter, cheese, cream, etc.’,

A person who owns or works on a dairy is called a ‘dairyman‘.

a dairy farm

e.g.

You can buy fresh milk and cheese from the dairy near our farm.

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“Diary” (plural – diaries) is ‘a record of events, observations in a person’s life; a book usually with days and dates of a year for recording events daily or periodically’,

 

writing a diary

A person who writes a diary regularly is called a ‘diarist‘.

e.g.

Keeping a diary is a good habit.

You can learn a lot from the diaries of great people in the past.

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