milknoun [ U ]
uk/mɪlk/us/mɪlk/A1 the white liquid produced by cows, goats, and sheep and used by humans as a drink or for making butter, cheese, etc.:
the white liquid produced by women and other female mammals as food for their young:
the white liquid produced by some plants and trees:
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- Do you take milk in your tea?
- Don't use up all the milk, we need some for breakfast.
- Add two cupfuls of milk to the mixture.
- Don't forget to put the milk back in the fridge.
- Antibodies from the mother's milk line the baby's intestines and prevent infection.
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Dairy products & eggs
- albumen
- butter
- buttermilk
- buttery
- clotted cream
- dried milk
- egg
- egg white
- egg yolk
- evaporated milk
- frittata
- light cream
- pasteurize
- semi-skimmed
- single cream
- skimmed milk
- whipping cream
- whole milk
- yogurt
- yolk
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Idiom(s)
milkverb
uk/mɪlk/us/mɪlk/milk verb (GET MILK)
[ I or T ] to get milk from an animal:
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Animal farming - general words
- abattoir
- animal husbandry
- aquaculture
- battery
- bedding
- beekeeper
- bluetongue
- draught
- heeler
- herd
- honeycomb
- lambing season
- nectar
- pen
- raise
- rear
- shepherd
- slaughterhouse
- stable
- wean
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milk verb (GET MONEY/INFORMATION)
[ T ] disapproving to get as much money or information out of someone or something as possible, often in an unfair or dishonest way:
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Removing and extracting
- ablate
- clear the decks idiom
- cream sth/sb off
- descale
- dislodge
- extract
- gouge
- pull
- pull (sb/sth) out
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- pump
- pump out sth
- removable
- remove
- root
- scoop
- scratch
- siphon
- syphon
- take sth away
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