- 1the white liquid produced by cows, goats, and some other animals as food for their babies and used as a drink by humans a pint/gallon of milk a bottle/carton of milk fresh/dried/powdered milk Do you take milk in your tea? milk products (= butter, cheese, etc.) see buttermilk, condensed milk, evaporated milk, malted milk, skim milk, whole milk
- 2the white liquid that is produced by women and female mammals for feeding their babies breast milk
- 3the white juice of some plants and trees, especially the coconut see soy milk Idioms
to waste time worrying about something that has happened that you cannot do anything about As the saying goes —it's no use crying over spilled milk.
a place where life is pleasant and easy and people are very happy He dreamed of emigrating to America—the land of milk and honey.
kind behavior, considered to be natural to humans
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