milky
adjective
of or like milk, especially in appearance or consistency.
milkiness
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a word derived from
milky.
Example Sentences
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Replacing the usual meat or vegetables in a traditional korma was her way of celebrating the cheese’s milkiness.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2022
Most of the Bow River’s volume consists of snowmelt from the Rockies, and in some seasons its milkiness makes it easy to recall that particles of glacier-pulverized mountains are floating past.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2022
They proved hours of both sunshine and of cloud, often with a certain milkiness blended with the blue expanses of sky.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022
Butter highlights the milkiness of ricotta, and buttermilk introduces a faint tanginess.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
If a solution of phosphate of soda produces a milkiness with the water, after a previous addition to it of a similar quantity of neutral carbonate of ammonia, we may then expect magnesia.
From A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy by Friedrich Christian Accum
