A machine used to draw milk from a cow or other animal.
the animals are hooked up to milking machines with timers on them
Example sentencesExamples
- The automatic milking machines are based on ones already used in Europe.
- They had about 20 milk cows; these were milked by hand by Walter and his sons as they felt unable to justify a milking machine.
- The costs of milking machines and refrigerated milk storage tanks were often prohibitive.
- Electric-powered milking machines and refrigeration transformed milk production.
- The procedure kills bacteria from the cow or the milker or milking machine.
- Dairy farmers learned how electric milking machines would increase the speed of their work.
- The only sounds at ten in the morning are the hum of the automatic milking machine and the patter of rain on tin roofing.
- They used milking machines instead of milking the cows by hand.
- Cows can sometimes kick the milking machine off.
- Milking machines should be fully serviced and tested at least once a year by a qualified milking machine technician.