semi-skimmedadj.n.
/ˌsɛmɪˈskɪmd/, U.S. /ˌsɛmiˈskɪmd/ Chiefly British.
A. adj.
Designating milk from which a proportion of the butterfat has been removed.
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [adjective] > relating to milk > skimmed
skim1794
semi-skimmed1968
1968 Daily 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.
1973 C. 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.
1984 Food for Health (B.B.C. Radio 4 ‘Tuesday Call’ Factsheet) Feb. Ask your milkman for skimmed or semi-skimmed pasteurised milk.
1994 P. D. James Original Sin vii. 57 He stopped to buy two cartons of semi-skimmed milk.
B. n.
Semi-skimmed milk.
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the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > milk > skimmed milk
skim-milk1598
skimmed milka1722
Blue John1869
skim1885
scald milk1886
semi-skimmed1981
1981 Times 2 Sept. 11/3 Fewer still could distinguish between semi-skimmed and pasteurized silver top.
1995 Independent 24 Nov. ii. 8/1 Gold-top milk was once thought a luxury, but in 1993 Sales were overtaken by skimmed and semi-skimmed.
2000 M. Gayle Turning Thirty ix. 45 Two pints of semi-skimmed.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1968