milk

milk is on the Basic English 850 List.

military - milk - mind

milk is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

mile - milk - million

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /mɪɫk/
• SAMPA: /mI5k/

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Noun

Singular milk

Plural milks

1. (uncountable) Milk is a white liquid some animals make for their babies to drink. People often drink cow's milk.

   The boy had some fresh goat milk.

Verb

Plain form milk

Third-person singular milks

Past tense milked

Past participle milked

Present participle milking

1. (transitive) If you milk an animal like a cow or a goat, you take the milk out of it.

Related words

• milky