EGAVE

milk

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Meaning

  1. noun A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.
    Skyr is a product made of curdled milk.
  2. noun A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans.
  3. noun An individual serving of milk.
    Table three ordered three milks.
  4. noun An individual portion of milk, such as found in a creamer, for tea and coffee.
    I take my tea with two milks and two sugars.
  5. noun A light white color inspired by the color of milk, usually cow's milk.
    milk:
  6. noun The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
  7. noun Semen.
  8. verb To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
    The farmer milked his cows.

Similar words

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Word family

Milk milked milking milks

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