milk

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ fresh

▪ curdled, sour, spoiled (esp. AmE)

▪ full-cream (BrE), full-fat, whole (esp. AmE)

▪ low-fat, semi-skimmed (BrE)

▪ fat-free (AmE), non-fat, skim (AmE), skimmed (BrE)

▪ 1%, 2%, etc. (AmE)

▪ creamy

▪ regular (AmE)

▪

a calcium-fortified milk which provides more calcium than regular milk

▪ cold, hot, warm

▪ cow's, goat's, etc.

▪ breast, human

▪ baby, formula (esp. BrE)

▪ coconut, soy (AmE), soya (BrE)

▪ lactose-free

▪ condensed, evaporated

▪

a tin of condensed milk (BrE)

▪

a can of condensed milk (AmE)

▪ dried, dry (AmE), powdered

▪ fluid (AmE)

▪

Dried milk keeps better than fluid milk.

▪ pasteurized, unpasteurized

▪ homogenized

▪ long-life, UHT (BrE)

▪ raw

▪ fortified (AmE)

▪ organic

▪ flavoured/flavored

▪ chocolate, strawberry

▪ school

… OF MILK

▪ litre/liter, pint

▪ bottle, carton, cup, glass, jug, pitcher (AmE)

VERB + MILK

▪ drink, have, take

▪

Do you take milk in your coffee?

▪ consume

▪ add

▪ pour

▪ spill

▪ deliver

▪

They've stopped delivering milk in our area.

▪ boil, heat

▪ produce

▪ express

▪

She expressed some milk so her husband could do the night feeding.

MILK + VERB

▪ be off (esp. BrE)

▪

Don't drink the milk—it's off.

▪ go bad (esp. AmE), go off (esp. BrE), go sour

▪

The milk has gone sour.

MILK + NOUN

▪ powder (BrE)

▪ beverage, drink

▪ pudding (BrE), shake (usually milkshake)

▪ chocolate

▪ product

▪ bottle, carton, churn (BrE), container, jug

▪ crate

▪ production, supply, yield

▪ producer

▪ float, round (both BrE)

▪ moustache/mustache

▪ allergy

▪ cow

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verb

Milk is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cow, ↑goat