Milky

Quick meaning: Milky is an adjective meaning Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.

Meaning

Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.

More Meanings

1. (color science, informal) Of the black in an image, appearing as dark gray rather than black.
2. (of a drink) Containing (an especially large amount of) milk.
3. (of grains) Containing a whitish liquid, juicy.
4. (colloquial) Cowardly.
5. (colloquial) Immature, childish.
6. (obsolete) Producing milk, lactating.

Example Sentences

milky tea; milky cocoa

The Pails high-foaming with a milky Flood,

[…] the kind, slightly milky odour of cattle […]

his sword, Which was declining on the milky head Of reverend Priam, seem'd i' the air to stick:

Word Forms

• milkier
• milkiest

Synonyms for milky

Depending on context, synonyms include lacteous, lactiferous, fearful, nithing, infantile, puerile.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include milklike, milk, whitish, opaque, lacteous, creamy.

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