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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

milk-white

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.60 in modern English

Syllables
milk-white
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English milke white, mylk-whyte, mylkquyte, mylk-whit, milc-whit, from Old English meolchwīt (“milk-white”), equivalent to milk + white. Compare Dutch melkwit (“milk-white”), German milchweiß (“milk-white”), Swedish mjölkvit (“milk-white”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more milk-white (comparative) most milk-white (superlative) milkwhite (alternative)

Phrases

pale as milk

Frequently Paired Words

pale as milk

Synonyms

milky-white

Questions

What does milk-white mean?
Having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk.
Where does milk-white come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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