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milk food

milk food noun: yogurt.

Noun

milk food (countable and uncountable, plural milk foods)

  1. (obsolete) Yogurt.
    • Primitive people in all lands have long used the milk of cows, sheep, buffaloes, to produce Yogurt. True, it is known by different names in different countries; but essentially it is the same milk-food.1951 October 29, Hal Stebbins, “This "Secret of Youth" is 4000 Years Old”, in Life, volume 31, number 18, →ISSN, page 128
    • Authority sought to operate as a contract carrier, by motor vehicle over irregular routs, transporting: Milk food (yogurt), from Auburn, Wash., to Eugene and Portland, Oreg., for 150 days.1969 October 24, “Motor Carrier Temporary Authority Applications”, in Federal Register, volume 34, numbers 200–210, →ISSN, →OCLC, Notices, page 17468

milk food meaning in Tamil

milk food in Tamil

பாலுணவு

Forms of milk food

pluralmilk foods
alternative formmilk-food

Origin of milk food

From milk + food.

Questions about milk food

What does milk food mean?
Milk food means yogurt.
What is milk food in Tamil?
Milk food in Tamil is பாலுணவு. See Milk food meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is milk food?
Milk food is a noun.
What is the plural of milk food?
The plural of milk food is milk foods.

Words near milk food in the dictionary

  1. milk fibers
  2. milk fibre
  3. milk fibres
  4. milk float
  5. milk floats
  6. milk food
  7. milk foods
  8. milk fruit
  9. milk fruits
  10. milk glass
  11. milk glasses

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