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lactory

/ˈlæktəɹi/

lactory adjective: lactiferous.

Adjective

lactory (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Lactiferous.
    • lactory or milky plants1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Noun

lactory (plural lactories)

  1. (dated, possibly, uncommon) A place where milking (especially of cows) occurs.
    • LACTORY OR MILKING PARLOUR? “To be, or not to be - that is the question" Lactory savours of Milk Factory, which indeed it is - the place where lactation occurs, or where the fruits of lactation are gathered. It is a nice short word ...1944, advertisement, printed in The Home Farmer, volumes 11-12, page 15
    • When milking-time comes round the cows walk out of the court into the lactory or milking parlour, where they enter the stalls to be groomed. Leaving these stalls they go to the milking stalls, where they are thoroughly washed and the milk is taken from them by a milking machine that also weighs the...1946, The Scottish Co-operator: A Journal of Progress and Economy, page 267

Forms of lactory

plurallactories

Questions about lactory

What does lactory mean?
Lactory means lactiferous.
What part of speech is lactory?
Lactory can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce lactory?
Lactory is pronounced /ˈlæktəɹi/.

Words near lactory in the dictionary

  1. lactoprotein
  2. lactoproteins
  3. lactoquinomycin
  4. lactoridaceous
  5. lactorrhea
  6. lactory
  7. lactosamine
  8. lactosamines
  9. lactosaminoglycan
  10. lactosaminoglycans
  11. lactoscope

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