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milk door

milk door is the ellipsis of milk delivery door.

Meaning of milk delivery door

Noun

milk delivery door (plural milk delivery doors)

  1. (historical) A small compartment in an exterior wall of houses, with an exterior door and an interior door, where the milkman can leave dairy products. As milk delivery has fallen out of use, these compartments are no longer built into housing.
    Synonyms:
    milk door

Forms of milk door

pluralmilk doors

Questions about milk door

What is milk door the ellipsis of?
Milk door is the ellipsis of milk delivery door.

Words near milk door in the dictionary

  1. milk crust
  2. milk crusts
  3. Milk Day
  4. milk delivery door
  5. milk dentition
  6. milk door
  7. milk drinker
  8. milk drinkers
  9. milk duct
  10. milk ducts
  11. milk factories

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Adapted from Wiktionary: milk door (page history and authors); milk delivery door (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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