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milkstone

milkstone noun: any stone, such as galactite, thought to increase milk production in mammals.

Noun

milkstone (uncountable)

  1. Any stone, such as galactite, thought to increase milk production in mammals.
  2. Certain white stones.
  3. A hard body that forms in a mammalian udder.
  4. A layer of scale that forms on milk-processing equipment, mainly formed of cations of calcium and magnesium.

Origin of milkstone

From milk + stone.

Questions about milkstone

What does milkstone mean?
Milkstone means any stone, such as galactite, thought to increase milk production in mammals.
What part of speech is milkstone?
Milkstone is a noun.

Words near milkstone in the dictionary

  1. milkstache
  2. milkstaches
  3. milkstain
  4. milkstained
  5. milkstains
  6. milkstone
  7. milkt
  8. milktache
  9. milktaches
  10. milktini
  11. milktinis

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