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semi-skimmed, a. and n. Chiefly Brit.
Brit. |ˌsɛmiˈskɪmd|, U.S. |ˌsɛmiˈskɪmd|
[‹ semi- prefix + skimmed adj.]
A. adj. Designating milk from which a proportion of the butterfat has been removed.
1968Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 10 Aug. (Farmer's Weekly Suppl.) 2/2 Fortified bread, constituted by..semi-skimmed milk..will be manufactured in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. 1973C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. v. 176 Single Gloucester cheeses were thin, and were made between April and November, sometimes, but not always, from semi-skimmed milk. 1984Food for Health (B.B.C. Radio 4 ‘Tuesday Call’ Factsheet) Feb. Ask your milkman for skimmed or semi-skimmed pasteurised milk. 1994P.D. James Original Sin vii. 57 He stopped to buy two cartons of semi-skimmed milk.
B. n. Semi-skimmed milk.
1981Times 2 Sept. 11/3 Fewer still could distinguish between semi-skimmed and pasteurized silver top. 1995Independent 24 Nov. ii. 8/1 Gold-top milk was once thought a luxury, but in 1993 Sales were overtaken by skimmed and semi-skimmed. 2000M. Gayle Turning Thirty ix. 45 Two pints of semi-skimmed. |