ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Milkshed

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Milkshed is a noun meaning A shed in which animals (such as cows, sheep, or goats) are milked.

Meaning

A shed in which animals (such as cows, sheep, or goats) are milked.

More Meanings

  1. (agriculture, economics) A region producing milk that may be supplied to the area of demand with practical (competitively advantageous) speed and cost of transport.

Example Sentences

Counties adjoining a large city tended to supply most of its milk before highway and trucking improvements broadened the milkshed.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include milkery, milker, share milking, sharemilking, milcher, cowshed.

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