evaporated milk

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noun

unsweetened milk thickened and concentrated by evaporation of water content to approximately half the original weight and then sterilized and canned.

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Origin of evaporated milk

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby evaporated milk

Evanston, Evansville, evap., evaporable, evaporate, evaporated milk, evaporation, evaporation pan, evaporation pressure, evaporator, evaporimeter

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How to use evaporated milk in a sentence

Put the powdered sugar, cocoa, and evaporated milk in a saucepan and mix.
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And, with Coca-Cola announcing the launch of a new milk product, the beverage could be back in our hands before we know it.
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He would shake a chilled Coke, and then spray the soda into a cold glass of milk.
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Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.
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Tosi has been using cereal milk as a flavor ever since 2007, and she says it taps into a universal “memory sensor.”
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You can even buy containers of their Cereal Milk in select stores.
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And right after that, some nice sour milk would come splashing down into the trough of the pen.
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As soon as he was in it Squinty ran over to the trough, hoping there would be some sour milk in it.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
He watched the man put some bread and milk in a tin pan, and set it down on the floor of the basket.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
"Getting back home," answered Squinty, as he took a big drink of sour milk.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
And Squinty thought acorns were just the best things he had ever tasted, except apples, and potatoes or perhaps sour milk.
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British Dictionary definitions for evaporated milk

evaporated milk

noun

thick unsweetened tinned milk from which some of the water has been evaporated

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