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milk(2)(dictionary)
Milk run(tourism)
Milk(money)
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milk(1)(dictionary)
milk leg(medicine)
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Milk(medicine)

milk 1, noun (oh)




[Language: Old English; Origin: meolc, milc]
[U] a white liquid produced by cows or goats that is drunk by people
::a bottle of milk
::Would you like some milk in your tea?
::a pint of semi-skimmed milk
[U] a white liquid produced by female animals and women for feeding their babies
::mothers who believe that breast milk is best for their babies
::The tiny fox cubs drink nothing but their mother's milk .
[U] a liquid or juice produced by particular plants, especially the coconut
[U and C] a thin white liquid used to clean or protect skin
-synonym lotion lotion
::a mild facial cleansing milk
the milk of human kindness
literary the kind and sympathetic behaviour of most ordinary people
-see also evaporated milk
-see also cry over spilt milk at cry 1 (3)
-see also land of milk and honey at land 1 (8)