Definition of milk

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Milk (n.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts..

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Follicle :: Follicle (n.) A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed..
Sile :: Sile (v. t.) To strain, as fresh milk..
Milk :: Milk (v. t.) To draw anything from, as if by milking; to compel to yield profit or advantage; to plunder..
Buttermilk :: Buttermilk (n.) The milk that remains after the butter is separated from the cream.
Ayrshire :: Ayrshire (n.) One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk..
Emulsify :: Emulsify (v. t.) To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food..
Creamery :: Creamery (n.) A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market..
Can :: Can (n.) A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can..
Skim :: Skim (v. t.) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth..
Lactiferous :: Lactiferous (a.) Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants..
Milk :: Milk (v. t.) To draw from the breasts or udder; to extract, as milk; as, to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows..
Lacteal :: Lacteal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid..
Chyluria :: Chyluria (n.) A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance..
Milk :: Milk (v. t.) To draw or press milk from the breasts or udder of, by the hand or mouth; to withdraw the milk of..
Agalactous :: Agalactous (a.) Lacking milk to suckle with.
Galactopoietic :: Galactopoietic (a.) Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing. -- n. A galactopoietic substance.
Lactodensimeter :: Lactodensimeter (n.) A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed..
Milker :: Milker (n.) A cow or other animal that gives milk.
Cheese :: Cheese (n.) The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold..
Udder :: Udder (n.) The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; -- popularly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds. See Mamma.
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