milk: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with M · ends with K
Meaning of milk
noun
- uncountable
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.
Example: Skyr is a product made of curdled milk.
- broadly, uncountable
A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans.
- countable, informal
An individual serving of milk.
Example: Table three ordered three milks.
- countable, invariable
An individual portion of milk, such as found in a creamer, for tea and coffee.
Example: I take my tea with two milks and two sugars.
Listed forms: milks.
Source: Wiktionary — milk.
verb
- transitive
To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
Example: The farmer milked his cows.
- intransitive, transitive
To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.
Example: to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows
- intransitive
Of a dairy cow, to produce milk.
- transitive
To express a liquid from a creature.
Example: The Australian government has a team that regularly milks various snakes for venom to use creating serums and antivenoms.
Listed forms: milks, milking, milked.
Source: Wiktionary — milk.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is milk in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of milk
M(3) + I(1) + L(1) + K(5) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of milk
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from milk
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in milk. Showing up to 24, longest first.