1 milk
Pronounced:
/ˈmɪlk/
Function:
nounMeaning:
[noncount] 1 : a white liquid produced by a woman to feed her baby or by female animals to feed their young ▪ mother's/breast milk ▪ cheese made from sheep's milk ; especially : milk from cows or goats that is used as food by people ▪ a glass of low-fat/whole milk ▪ serving milk and cookies ▪ pasteurized/homogenized milk ▪ whole milk [=milk from which no fat has been removed] —see also condensed milk, evaporated milk, malted milk, skim milk
2 : a white liquid produced by a plant ▪ coconut milk
2 : a white liquid produced by a plant ▪ coconut milk
cry over spilled/spilt milk —see 1cry
land of milk and honey —see 1land
the milk of human kindness
literary : kind feelings or behavior toward other people ▪ He was filled with the milk of human kindness. [=he was filled with kindness; he was very kind]