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dairy-free

dairy-free adjective: without dairy ingredients.

Adjective

dairy-free (not comparable)

  1. Without dairy ingredients.
    • Near-synonym: milkless
    • If you object to even the tiniest bit of dairy, try some of the dairy-free suggestions below.2001, Brenda Davis, Bryanna Clark Grogan, Joanne Stepaniak, Dairy-Free & Delicious, Summertown, Tenn.: Book Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 70

Examples of dairy-free in a sentence

  • Replacing milk in cereal or puddings is easy because of the dairy-free milks available today.2014, Ashley Adams, The Dairy-Free Kitchen, Fair Winds Press, →ISBN, page 15:
  • This delicious (though not dairy-free) dessert provides the rich flavor of chèvre, the coolness of ice cream, the tanginess of fresh blueberries and the crunch of crust.2015, Lea Hendry Valle, Sweet Paleo: Gluten-Free, Grain-Free Delights, The Countryman Press, →ISBN:

Synonyms of dairy-free

Forms of dairy-free

alternative formdairyfree

Origin of dairy-free

From dairy + -free.

Questions about dairy-free

What does dairy-free mean?
Dairy-free means without dairy ingredients.
How do you use dairy-free in a sentence?
Replacing milk in cereal or puddings is easy because of the dairy-free milks available today.
What part of speech is dairy-free?
Dairy-free is an adjective.

Words near dairy-free in the dictionary

  1. dairy milk
  2. dairy milks
  3. Dairy Plains
  4. dairy product
  5. dairy products
  6. dairy-free
  7. Dairycoates
  8. dairyer
  9. dairyers
  10. dairyfree
  11. dairygirl

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