[noncount] 1 : a white liquid produced by a woman to feed her baby or by female animals to feed their young
▪ mother's/breast milk ▪ cheese made from sheep's milk ; especially : milk from cows or goats that is used as food by people
▪ a glass of low-fat/whole milk ▪ serving milk and cookies ▪ pasteurized/homogenized milk ▪ whole milk [=milk from which no fat has been removed] — see also condensed milk, evaporated milk, malted milk, skim milk 2 : a white liquid produced by a plant
▪ coconut milk
▪ mother's/breast milk ▪ cheese made from sheep's milk ; especially : milk from cows or goats that is used as food by people
▪ a glass of low-fat/whole milk ▪ serving milk and cookies ▪ pasteurized/homogenized milk ▪ whole milk [=milk from which no fat has been removed] — see also condensed milk, evaporated milk, malted milk, skim milk
▪ coconut milk
cry over spilled/spilt milk — see 1cry
land of milk and honey — see 1land
the milk of human kindness
literary : kind feelings or behavior toward other people
▪ He was filled with the milk of human kindness. [=he was filled with kindness; he was very kind]
▪ He was filled with the milk of human kindness. [=he was filled with kindness; he was very kind]





