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.
How to Eat Delmarvelously|jversteegh|July 8, 2021|Outside Online
In any recipe requiring milk, condensed or evaporated milk may be substituted with very satisfactory results.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5|Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Part cream may be used to advantage, or one can of evaporated milk with enough fresh milk added to make one quart.
Better Meals for Less Money|Mary Green
The trio watched interestedly the capable way in which she got together the meal, adding sugar and evaporated milk to her coffee.
Rimrock Trail|J. Allan Dunn

Why will evaporated milk not flow freely out of a can in which there is only one hole?
Common Science|Carleton W. Washburne
Eggs can be added to the above; also salt, baking powder, evaporated milk and dried egg.
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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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