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powdered milk

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noun

  1. dry milk.


Etymology

Origin of powdered milk

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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Demand in North Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia for powdered milk pushed prices higher, while world butter rose for the first time since hitting a record high in June.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those consequences are already visible in the rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis which prompted Mexico to send tonnes of emergency aid to Cuba, including powdered milk and personal hygiene items.

From BBC

In the early morning, Florida resident Gisela Salgado headed to a local store with a bag stuffed with clothes, coffee and powdered milk to send to her brother in Cuba.

From Barron's

On our last trip, we brought 50-pound bags of powdered milk to the children’s hospital.

From Salon

French authorities are investigating the deaths in December and January of two babies who were thought to have drunk possibly contaminated powdered milk.

From Barron's