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MILK-WHITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does milk-white mean?
• MILK-WHITE (adjective)
The adjective MILK-WHITE has 1 sense:
1. of a white the color of fresh milk
Familiarity information: MILK-WHITE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a white the color of fresh milk
Similar:
achromatic; neutral (having no hue)
Context examples
By our Lady! and withouten disrespect, quoth Terlake, it is in my mind that her lady-mother is more fitted to lead a company to a storming than to have the upbringing of this tender and milk-white maid.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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