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skim milk

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noun

milk from which the cream has been skimmed.

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Origin of skim milk

First recorded in 1590–1600

Also called skimmed milk.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for skim-milk

She fed it with skim-milk from her own saucer, and set store by the trunk on that account up to the day of her death.
Phemie Frost's Experiences|Ann S. Stephens
Use of false brand prohibited; branding of skim-milk cheese regulated.
The Book of Cheese|Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
I fed him on skim-milk with a wooden spoon; and he soon looked for his meal as regularly as I looked for my breakfast.
The Nursery, November 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 5|Various
If milk is plenty, use equal quantities of skim-milk and water, allowing a quart of each for a dozen or so large onions.
The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking|Helen Campbell

The man had gone pale as skim-milk, and was staring at me as though I'd turned into a Gorgon.
The Brightener|C. N. Williamson

Word Origin and History for skim-milk

skim-milk

n.

milk from which the cream has been skimmed, 1590s, from skim (v.) + milk (n.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Medicine definitions for skim-milk

skim milk

[ skĭm ]

n.

The milk from which the cream has been removed.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.