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powdered milk

American  

noun

  1. dry milk.


Etymology

Origin of powdered milk

First recorded in 1885–90

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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 ● Mar. 6, 2026

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 ● Feb. 2, 2026

There, in a detention center, they slept on a school stairwell and survived on sporadic deliveries of powdered milk.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2025

In February, the government asked the UN's food programme for help with food shortages, sending an unprecedented request for assistance in providing powdered milk to children under the age of seven.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2024

They were easygoing and soon she was sharing with them and borrowing from them the things that easily ran out, toothpaste and powdered milk and Indomie noodles and hair pomade.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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