Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay concerning the Nature of Aliments, London: J. Tonson, Chapter 3, Prop. 3, p. 51, […] some Plants upon breaking their Vessels yield a milky Juice; others a Yellow of peculiar Tastes and Qualities.

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

The Pails high-foaming with a milky Flood,

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

She wheels her gaze from the wall on to me. The black irises are set off by milky whites as clear as a child’s.

milky tea; milky cocoa

Mrs. Anthony, their daily housekeeper, brought in the milky coffee and placed it on the breakfast table.

[…] we sat down […] to the old crack crack crack of eggs and the crackle crunch crunch of this black toast, very milky chai standing by in bolshy great morning mugs.

Word Forms

• milkier
• milkiest

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Use milky when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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