milk

Universal Words noun, verb noun [U] 1 the white liquid produced by cows, goats and some other animals as food for their young and used as a drink by humans: a pint / litre of milk * a bottle / carton of milk * fresh / dried / powdered milk * Do you take milk in your tea? * milk products (= butter, cheese, etc.) seealsoBUTTERMILK, CONDENSEDMILK, EVAPORATEDMILK, MALTEDMILK, SKIMMEDMILK 2 the white liquid that is produced by women and female MAMMALS for feeding their babies: breast milk 3 the white juice of some plants and trees, especially the COCONUT IDIOMS the milk of human kindness (literary) kind behaviour, considered to be natural to human beings moreatCRYv., LANDn. verb [VN] 1 to take milk from a cow, goat, etc. 2 ~ A (of B