milk
Other forms: milking; milked; milks
Milk is the white liquid that female mammals produce for feeding their babies. Nursing human mothers feed their infants milk, and so do mother goats, cows, dogs, and cats.
If you love to drink milk, you're probably a fan of the kind that comes from cows on farms and is sold in grocery stores. However, if you're allergic to this kind of milk, you might drink one of the beverages also known as milk that are made from soaking beans, nuts, rice, or even coconut in water until it becomes rich, white, and milky. To milk is to extract or draw milk from a plant or animal.
Definitions of milk
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a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
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sour milk
milk that has turned sour
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pasteurized milk
milk that has been exposed briefly to high temperatures to destroy microorganisms and prevent fermentation
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cows' milk
milk obtained from dairy cows
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yak's milk
the milk of a yak
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goats' milk
the milk of a goat
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acidophilus milk
milk fermented by bacteria; used to treat gastrointestinal disorders
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raw milk
unpasteurized milk
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scalded milk
milk heated almost to boiling
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homogenized milk
milk with the fat particles broken up and dispersed uniformly so the cream will not rise
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certified milk
milk from dairies regulated by an authorized medical milk commission
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dried milk, dry milk, milk powder, powdered milk
dehydrated milk
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evaporated milk
milk concentrated by evaporation
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condensed milk
sweetened evaporated milk
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skim milk, skimmed milk
milk from which the cream has been skimmed
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semi-skimmed milk
milk from which some of the cream has been removed
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whole milk
milk from which no constituent (such as fat) has been removed
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low-fat milk
milk from which some of the cream has been removed
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buttermilk
residue from making butter from sour raw milk; or pasteurized milk curdled by adding a culture
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chocolate milk
milk flavored with chocolate syrup
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nonfat dry milk
dehydrated skimmed milk
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type of:
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dairy product
milk and butter and cheese
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beverage, drink, drinkable, potable
any liquid suitable for drinking
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produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young
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mother's milk
milk secreted by a woman who has recently given birth
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colostrum, foremilk
milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition
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type of:
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bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance
the liquid parts of the body
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aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals
a source of materials to nourish the body
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mother's milk
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any of several nutritive milklike liquids
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coconut milk, coconut water
clear to whitish fluid from within a fresh coconut
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coconut cream, coconut milk
white liquid obtained from compressing fresh coconut meat
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soya milk, soybean milk, soymilk
a milk substitute containing soybean flour and water; used in some infant formulas and in making tofu
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formula
a liquid food for infants
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type of:
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food product, foodstuff
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
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take milk from female mammals
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exploit as much as possible
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add milk to“milk the tea”
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add
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
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add
Pronunciation
US
/mɪlk/
UK
/mɪlk/
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