Resembling milk
1milk of magnesia — 1880, proprietary name for white suspension of magnesium hydroxide in water, taken as an antacid, invented by U.S. chemist Charles Henry Phillips. Herbal or culinary preparations resembling milk had been similarly named (e.g. milk of almond)… …
2milk|i|ness — «MIHL kee nihs», noun. the condition of being milky or of resembling milk in appearance or quality …
3Milk — For other uses, see Milk (disambiguation). Foremilk and Hindmilk samples of human breast milk …
4milk — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English meolc, milc; akin to Old High German miluh milk, Old English melcan to milk more at emulsion Date: before 12th century 1. a. a fluid secreted by the mammary glands of females for the nourishment …
5Milk sugar — Sugar Sug ar, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp. az[ u]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [,c]arkar[=a] sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.] 1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance,… …
6milk — milkless, adj. /milk/, n. 1. an opaque white or bluish white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young. 2. this liquid as secreted by cows, goats, or certain other animals and used by… …
7Milk car — Cans of raw milk were transported in insulated cars with high speed trucks. Milk cars are a specialized type of railroad car intended to transport raw milk from collection points near dairy farms to a processing creamery. Some milk cars were… …
8milk — 1. A white liquid, containing proteins, sugar, and lipids, secreted by the mammary glands, and designed for the nourishment of the young. SYN: lac (1). 2. Any whitish milky fluid; e.g., the juice of the coconut or a suspension of various metallic …
9milk — /mɪlk / (say milk) noun 1. an opaque white or bluish white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young, and, in the case of the cow and some other animals, used by humans for food or as a… …
10milk — [[t]mɪlk[/t]] n. 1) phl an opaque white or bluish white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals, serving for the nourishment of their young 2) this liquid as secreted by cows, goats, or certain other animals and used by humans for …
