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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 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
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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