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milken

milken adjective: consisting of milk.

Adjective

milken (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Consisting of milk.
    • Then the old woman filled her jar with milk, and went on her way rejoicing at her good fortune. But as she journeyed she met with the King of that country, who, having been a-hunting, had lost his way in the pathless plain. 'Give me a drink of water, good mother,' he cried, seeing the jar; 'I am...1894, Flora Annie Steel, Tales of the Punjab, volume 1
  2. (archaic, rare) Milky; resembling milk.
    Synonyms:
    milky

Synonyms of milken

Origin of milken

From Middle English milken, from Old English *mylcen, milcen (“of milk”), equivalent to milk + -en.

Questions about milken

What does milken mean?
Milken means consisting of milk.
What part of speech is milken?
Milken is an adjective.

Words near milken in the dictionary

  1. milkcrates
  2. Milkdromeda
  3. milke
  4. milked
  5. milked the clock
  6. milken
  7. milker
  8. milker's nodule
  9. milkeress
  10. milkeresses
  11. milkeries

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