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milky
CEFRB1
/ˈmɪlki/
adjective
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adjective
White or cloudy like milk, or containing milk.
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adjective
Extra detailContaining (an especially large amount of) milk.
Examples
I remember the night when I first saw the Milky Way.
The milky liquid stains the yarn in a greenish color.
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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
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Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsOf the black in an image, appearing as dark gray rather than black.
Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.
Containing a whitish liquid, juicy.
More examples
In contextWhat Jansky had observed was the 14.6m wavelength radio wave from the Milky Way's core.
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.
1800, Robert Bloomfield, The Farmer’s Boy, London: Vernor & Hood et al., “Summer,” p. 30, Shot up from broad rank blades that droop below, The nodding WHEAT-EAR forms a graceful bow, With milky kernels starting full, weigh’d down, Ere yet the sun hath ting’d...
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English mylky, melky, equivalent to milk + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian moalkig (“milky”), West Frisian molkich (“milky”), Dutch melkig (“milky”), German Low German melkig (“milky”), German milchig (“milky”), Danish mælkig (“milky”), Swedish mjölkig (“milky”), Icelandic mjólkugur (“milky”). Doublet of milchig.