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mother's milk

mother's milk noun: breast milk; milk produced by a human or animal mother for her offspring to nurse.

Noun

mother's milk (uncountable)

  1. Breast milk; milk produced by a human or animal mother for her offspring to nurse.

Origin of mother's milk

From Middle English moderis mylke, equivalent to mother + -'s + milk.

Questions about mother's milk

What does mother's milk mean?
Mother's milk means breast milk; milk produced by a human or animal mother for her offspring to nurse.
What part of speech is mother's milk?
Mother's milk is a noun.

Words near mother's milk in the dictionary

  1. Mother's Days
  2. mother's line
  3. mother's little helper
  4. mother's little helpers
  5. mother's mark
  6. mother's milk
  7. Mother's Night
  8. mother's ruin
  9. mother-bird
  10. mother-birds
  11. mother-fucker

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