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 

• MILKSHAKE (noun)

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)