milk-white

[ milk-hwahyt, -wahyt ]

adjective

1. of a white or slightly blue-white color, as that of milk.

Word History and Origins

Origin of milk-white¹

before 1000; Middle English, Old English

Example Sentences

For a second the lily was enveloped in a milk-white foam, which disappeared, leaving the fluid opalescent.

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The throne itself was of milk-white glass, and the cushions were little black mice that kept biting each other's tails.

From Project Gutenberg

The prunifolia is unfolding its delicate milk-white petals; roses are opening their tinted leaves.

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We were sitting on a luxurious divan and he held my milk-white hand in his.

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The moon, ringed by a halo, shone like an opal in the milk-white sky.

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Stem: Solid; milk-white, commonly stained or streaked with red towards the base.

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Related Words

• frosted
• opaque
• pearly