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MILKSHAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does milkshake mean?
• MILKSHAKE (noun)
The noun MILKSHAKE has 1 sense:
1. frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
Familiarity information: MILKSHAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
milk shake; milkshake; shake
Hypernyms ("milkshake" is a kind of...):
drink (a single serving of a beverage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "milkshake"):
eggshake (a milkshake with egg in it)
frappe (thick milkshake containing ice cream)
malt; malted; malted milk (a milkshake made with malt powder)
Context examples
In previous studies, the researchers have shown that this brain region contains a generic valuation system that judges all kinds of stimuli; for example, they showed previously that this brain area signals the reward value of pleasant high-fat milkshakes and also of social stimuli such as pleasant touch.
(Scientists identify possible source of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ in the brain, University of Cambridge)
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