milky

[ mil-kee ]

/ ˈmɪl ki /

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adjective, milk·i·er, milk·i·est.

of or like milk, especially in appearance or consistency.

white or whitish in color.

giving a good supply of milk.

meek, tame, timid, or spiritless.

Origin of milky

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at milk, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM milky

milk·i·ly, adverb milk·i·ness, noun

Words nearby milky

milkweed butterfly, milkweed family, milkweed tortoise beetle, milkwood, milkwort, milky, milky disease, milky way, mill, mill chisel, mill construction

Example sentences from the Web for milky

My partner Brandon and I awake at the crack of dawn for a canoe ride on the milky blue glacial waters of Lake Louise.

Our Trip to The Climate War's Ground Zero |Darren Aronofsky |September 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
New research shows early galaxies were much bigger—some 10 times the mass of the Milky Way—than astronomers expected.

Some of the First Galaxies Were Big Babies |Matthew R. Francis |September 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Astronomers recently placed the Milky Way on the fringe of a huge supercluster.

Laniakea: The Milky Way’s Place in the Heavens |Matthew R. Francis |September 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For example, based on the ages of stars, we know the Milky Way is about 13.2 billion years old.

The Care and Feeding of Baby Giant Galaxies |Matthew R. Francis |May 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Most stars in the Milky Way have humdrum lives, tracing slow predictable orbits around the galactic center.

The Hypervelocity Star That’s Being Booted from the Galaxy |Matthew R. Francis |May 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Cut off the cob one dozen ears of green corn whilst in the milky state.

The National Cook Book, 9th ed. |Hannah Mary Peterson
So the neck and shoulders melted into the snow-white of the body, a restless glimmering ebbing into a milky way.

The Cassowary |Stanley Waterloo
Flowers with very thick or milky stems should be slit up about half an inch, and woody stems are best peeled for an inch or two.

What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes |Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The milky juice of the stems and leaves is very acrid, and has been used in some countries for raising blisters.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 |Various
He considered that the Milky Way is a great star cluster, whose form may be conjectured from numerous star-gaugings.

History of Astronomy |George Forbes

British Dictionary definitions for milky

milky

/ (ˈmɪlkɪ) /

adjective milkier or milkiest

resembling milk, esp in colour or cloudiness

of or containing milk

spiritless or spineless

Judaism another word for milchik

Derived forms of milky

milkily, adverb milkiness, noun

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milky

adjective, milk·i·er, milk·i·est.

Origin of milky

OTHER WORDS FROM milky

Words nearby milky

Example sentences from the Web for milky

British Dictionary definitions for milky

adjective milkier or milkiest

Derived forms of milky

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

milky

adjective, milk·i·er, milk·i·est.

Origin of milky

OTHER WORDS FROM milky

Words nearby milky

Words related to milky

Example sentences from the Web for milky

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adjective milkier or milkiest

Derived forms of milky

British Dictionary definitions for milky