Definition of Milklike

1. Adjective. Resembling milk in color not clear. "Milky glass"

Exact synonyms: Milky, Whitish
Similar to: Opaque
Derivative terms: Milk

Definition of Milklike

1. Adjective. Resembling milk. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Milklike

1. like milk [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Milklike

milkful
milkhouse
milkie
milkier
milkies
milkiest
milkily
milkiness
milkinesses
milking
milking machine
milking shorthorn
milking stool
milkings
milkless
milklike (current term)
milkmaid
milkmaids
milkman
milkmen
milko
milkos
milkpan
milkpans
milkpox
milks
milkshakelike
milkshakes
milkshed

Literary usage of Milklike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practice of medicine by Thomas Hawkes Tanner (1874)
"On pricking any of them, a milklike fluid, containing aggregations of fatty granules, flowed out, and the walls of the particular lobule collapsed. ..."

2. Elementary Physiology, Including Hygiene, a Brief Summary of Bacteriology by John Calvin Willis (1912)
"... result may be more easily secured by adding a small amount of pancreatin to the mixture of oil and water, and then shaking vigorously until a milklike ..."

3. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"... milklike, gottergeben resigned to the will of God, devout. Altho the gen. form is always clearly marked here, the dat. form rarely takes a clear dat. ..."

4. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Alois Brandl, Léon Vallée (1899)
"He bit the bread and selected a young ear of wheat; every granule had within it a little drop of milklike juice, and had a fresh, floury taste. ..."

5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1902)
"Without apparent cause, for a period of two years the breasts have exuded a milklike fluid. By manipulation the woman is enabled to project a stream of the ..."

6. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"Near the base of the neck is the crop, an expansion of the oesophagus for the storage of food; in it is also secreted the milklike substance called pigeon's ..."

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