MILK

• milk
• 1 [uncountable] a white liquid produced by cows or goats that is drunk by people:
• a bottle of milk
• Would you like some milk in your tea?
• a pint of semi-skimmed milk
• 2 [uncountable] a white liquid produced by female animals and women for feeding their babies:
• mothers who believe that breast milk is best for their babies
• The tiny fox cubs drink nothing but their mother's milk.
• 3 [uncountable] a liquid or juice produced by particular plants, especially thecoconut
• 4 [uncountable and countable] a thin white liquid used to clean or protect skin[= lotion]:
• a mild facial cleansing milk
• 5

  the milk of human kindness

  literary the kind and sympathetic behaviour of most ordinary people
• ➔ evaporated milk

  ➔ cry over spilt milk

  at cry1 (3)

  ➔ land of milk and honey

  at land1 (8)

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.