milk

1 عمومی:: شیر، دوشیدن‌، شیره‌ گیاهی‌، شیره‌ كشیدن‌ از

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: noun whitish liquid: Children should drink milk each day. verb extract milk from: We need to milk the cow.

Simple Definitions

2 general:: milk verbs drink milk • Drinking milk keeps your bones strong. have/take milk (= drink milk in your tea or coffee ) • Do you take milk in your coffee? pour milk • She poured some milk into a saucepan. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + milk sour (= not fresh ) • Milk turns sour very quickly in hot weather. fresh • She made me drink a glass of fresh milk. cold • I can only drink milk if it’s really cold. hot/warm • Can I have a cup of warm milk please? pasteurized (= milk that has been heated to kill harmful bacteria ) • a type of cheese made from pasteurized milk homogenized (= milk that has had the cream mixed into the milk ) • Most milk sold in stores is homogenized milk. whole milk ( also full-fat milk British English ) (= milk that has not had any fat taken out ) • The ice cream is made from whole milk. semi-skimmed milk British English ( also low-fat milk ) (= milk that has had some of the fat taken out ) • Adults should drink semi-skimmed milk rather than whole milk. skimmed milk British English , skim milk/nonfat milk American English (= milk that has had all the fat taken out ) • a bowl of cereal with skim milk long-life milk British English (= specially treated milk that you can keep for a long time ) • I’ve got a carton of long-life milk in the cupboard. powdered milk ( also dry milk American English ) • Powdered milk is useful for camping trips. baby/formula milk (= milk in powder form for babies ) • Many babies are fed formula milk. milk + NOUN milk bottle • Put the empty milk bottles into the crates. milk carton (= a plastic or cardboard container in which milk is sold ) • containers such as milk cartons and soap powder boxes milk powder • hot water mixed with milk powder phrases a glass of milk • Would you like a glass of milk? a bottle of milk • I accidentally knocked over a bottle of milk. a pint of milk • I need to buy a pint of milk.

transnet.ir

3 general:: In addition to the idiom beginning with MILK, Also see CRY OVER SPILT MILK.

American Heritage Idioms

4 general::   noun ADJ. fresh | curdled, off, sour The milk has gone off/turned sour. | full-cream, full-fat, whole | low-fat, semi-skimmed | non-fat, skimmed | creamy | cold, warm | cow's, goat's, etc. | breast | baby, formula | coconut, soya | condensed, evaporated a tin of condensed milk | dried, powdered | pasteurized, unpasteurized | homogenized | long-life, UHT | organic QUANT. litre, pint | bottle, carton, cup, glass, jug VERB + MILK drink, have, take Do you take milk in your coffee? | add | pour | spill | deliver They've stopped delivering milk in our area. | boil, heat, scald | produce | express She expressed some milk so her husband could do the night feeding. MILK + NOUN powder | pudding, shake (also milkshake) | chocolate | product | bottle, churn, jug | production, yield | float, round PHRASES the top of the milk (= the creamy part at the top of a milk bottle)

Oxford Collocations Dictionary