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milk

/mɪlk/ sustantivo A1

En español: leche, milk

  1. A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt. (uncountable) · Skyr is a product made of curdled milk.
  2. A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans. (uncountable)
  3. An individual serving of milk. (countable, informal) · Table three ordered three milks.
  4. An individual portion of milk, such as found in a creamer, for tea and coffee. (countable) · I take my tea with two milks and two sugars.· I take my tea with two milk and two sugar.
  5. A light white color inspired by the color of milk, usually cow's milk. (countable, uncountable)
  6. The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster. (countable, uncountable)
  7. Semen. (slang, uncountable)

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The Hatter was the only one who got any advantage from the change: and Alice was a good deal worse off than before, as the March Hare had just upset the milk-jug into his plate.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 55 · B2
But the walls were made of screens of marble tracery--beautiful milk-white fretwork, set with agates and cornelians and jasper and lapis lazuli, and as the moon came up behind the hill it shone through the open work, casting shadows on the ground like black velvet embroidery.
The Jungle Book, p. 51 · B2
I’ll set your tea out for you and I’ll be home in time to milk the cows.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 46 · C1
“I won’t tell her tonight that she can stay,” she reflected, as she strained the milk into the creamers.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 61 · C1

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