milk
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.
Example
“Skyr is a product made of curdled milk.”
Other meanings
A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans.
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.”
A kind of
- dairy product
- beverage
Kinds of milk
- sour milk
- pasteurized milk
- cows' milk
- goats' milk
- raw milk
- certified milk
- powdered milk
- evaporated milk
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "meolc".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “milk” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.