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milk knot

milk knot noun: a hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands.

Noun

milk knot (plural milk knots)

  1. A hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands.

Forms of milk knot

pluralmilk knots

Questions about milk knot

What does milk knot mean?
Milk knot means a hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands.
What part of speech is milk knot?
Milk knot is a noun.
What is the plural of milk knot?
The plural of milk knot is milk knots.

Words near milk knot in the dictionary

  1. milk hedge
  2. milk house
  3. milk houses
  4. milk jug
  5. milk jugs
  6. milk knot
  7. milk knots
  8. milk leg
  9. milk line
  10. milk lines
  11. milk maker

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