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milk-warm

milk-warm adjective: lukewarm; tepid (in temperature).

Adjective

milk-warm (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) lukewarm; tepid (in temperature)

Origin of milk-warm

An allusion to the temperature of milk drawn from a cow.

Questions about milk-warm

What does milk-warm mean?
Milk-warm means lukewarm; tepid (in temperature).
What part of speech is milk-warm?
Milk-warm is an adjective.

Words near milk-warm in the dictionary

  1. milk-tini
  2. milk-tinis
  3. milk-tooth
  4. milk-vetch
  5. milk-vetches
  6. milk-warm
  7. milk-white
  8. milkable
  9. Milkah
  10. milkaholic
  11. milkaholics

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