COCONUT MILK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coconut milk mean? 

• COCONUT MILK (noun)
  The noun COCONUT MILK has 2 senses:

1. white liquid obtained from compressing fresh coconut meat

2. clear to whitish fluid from within a fresh coconut

  Familiarity information: COCONUT MILK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCONUT MILK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

White liquid obtained from compressing fresh coconut meat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

coconut cream; coconut milk

Hypernyms ("coconut milk" is a kind of...):

milk (any of several nutritive milklike liquids)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Clear to whitish fluid from within a fresh coconut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

coconut milk; coconut water

Hypernyms ("coconut milk" is a kind of...):

milk (any of several nutritive milklike liquids)

Holonyms ("coconut milk" is a substance of...):

cocoanut; coconut (large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk)