MILKY (milkier, milkiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: milkier    , milkiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does milky mean? 

• MILKY (adjective)
  The adjective MILKY has 1 sense:

1. resembling milk in color; not clear

  Familiarity information: MILKY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILKY (adjective)

Comparative: milkier   
Superlative: milkiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling milk in color; not clear

Synonyms:

milklike; milky; whitish

Context example:

milky glass

Similar:

opaque (not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight)

Derivation:

milk (a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings)

 Context examples 

And into that lake flowed a small stream, the water of which was not milky.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

A milky pleural effusion resulting from accumulation of lymph fluid in the pleural cavity.

(Chylothorax, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by milky pleural effusion (abnormal collection of fluid) resulting from accumulation of lymph fluid in the pleural cavity.

(Chylothorax, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Accumulation of chyle (milky fluid) in the peritoneal cavity.

(Chylous Ascites, NCI Thesaurus)

Latex is a milky fluid that comes from the tropical rubber tree.

(Latex Allergy, NIH)

He was in a milky froth of water.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A shaft of sunlight smote the over-curl, and I caught a glimpse of translucent, rushing green, backed by a milky smother of foam.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He reached for it with both hands and stirred up the milky mud at the bottom.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He arose and thrust his head out the port-hole, looking down into the milky wash.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He spoke without enthusiasm; and the first man, limping into the milky stream that foamed over the rocks, vouchsafed no reply.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)