skim milk

milk from which the cream has been skimmed.

Also called skimmed milk.

Origin of skim milk

First recorded in 1590–1600

She fed it with skim-milk from her own saucer, and set store by the trunk on that account up to the day of her death.

Phemie Frost's Experiences |Ann S. Stephens
Use of false brand prohibited; branding of skim-milk cheese regulated.

The Book of Cheese |Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
I fed him on skim-milk with a wooden spoon; and he soon looked for his meal as regularly as I looked for my breakfast.

The Nursery, November 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 5 |Various
If milk is plenty, use equal quantities of skim-milk and water, allowing a quart of each for a dozen or so large onions.

The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking |Helen Campbell

The man had gone pale as skim-milk, and was staring at me as though I'd turned into a Gorgon.

The Brightener |C. N. Williamson

skim milk

[ skĭm ]

The milk from which the cream has been removed.