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milkwhite

milkwhite is the alternative form of milk-white.

Meaning of milk-white

Adjective

milk-white (comparative more milk-white, superlative most milk-white)

  1. Having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk.
    • He made love in a coach and six, and married in a coach and twelve, and all his horses were milk-white horses with one red spot on the back which he caused to be hidden by the harness. For, the spot would come there, though every horse was milk-white when Captain Murderer bought him. And the spot...1860, Charles Dickens, Captain Murderer
    Synonyms:
    milky-white

Forms of milkwhite

comparativemore milkwhite
superlativemost milkwhite

Questions about milkwhite

What is milkwhite the alternative form of?
Milkwhite is the alternative form of milk-white.

Words near milkwhite in the dictionary

  1. milkweed butterflies
  2. milkweed butterfly
  3. milkweed floss
  4. milkweed silk
  5. milkweeds
  6. milkwhite
  7. milkwoman
  8. milkwomen
  9. milkwood
  10. milkwoods
  11. milkwort

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