evaporated milk

American  

noun

• evaporated milks
  plural

1. 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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evaporated milk British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• evaporated milks
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of evaporated milk

First recorded in 1865–70

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

evaporated milk

There are the foodstuffs familiar in the region — fruits for making juices, shelves with Nescafe and Lipton and cans of evaporated milk.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2022

The two-year-old organization teaches students skills like pouring tea back and forth between a kettle and a plastic container to enhance its flavor before mixing it with evaporated milk.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

Traditionally, you use canned evaporated milk along with butter, brown sugar, and a little vanilla to make caramel, but I make mine with coconut milk.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022

Infants were fed with homemade formula recipes provided by pediatricians—such as a mix of water, evaporated milk, and corn syrup—as recently as the 1960s.

From Slate ● May 19, 2022

In another cupboard are a box of tea bags, Peek Freans shortbread biscuits, a five- pound bag of sugar that has not been poured into a bowl, a tin of evaporated milk.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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