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Collocations for milk - noun

ADJECTIVE

fresh
curdled, sour, spoiled (esp. AmE)
full-cream (BrE), full-fat, whole (esp. AmE)
low-fat, semi-skimmed (BrE)
fat-free (AmE), non-fat, skim (AmE), skimmed (BrE)
1%, 2%, etc. (AmE)
creamy
regular (AmE)
a calcium-fortified milk which provides more calcium than regular milk
cold, hot, warm
cow's, goat's, etc.
breast, human
baby, formula (esp. BrE)
coconut, soy (AmE), soya (BrE)
lactose-free
condensed, evaporated
a tin of condensed milk (BrE)
a can of condensed milk (AmE)
dried, dry (AmE), powdered
fluid (AmE)
Dried milk keeps better than fluid milk.
pasteurized, unpasteurized
homogenized
long-life, UHT (BrE)
raw
fortified (AmE)
organic
flavoured/flavored
chocolate, strawberry
school

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… OF MILK

litre/liter, pint
bottle, carton, cup, glass, jug, pitcher (AmE)

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VERB + milk

drink, have, take
Do you take milk in your coffee?
consume
add
pour
spill
deliver
They've stopped delivering milk in our area.
boil, heat
produce
express
She expressed some milk so her husband could do the night feeding.

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milk + VERB

be off (esp. BrE)
Don't drink the milk—it's off.
go bad (esp. AmE), go off (esp. BrE), go sour
The milk has gone sour.

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milk + NOUN

powder (BrE)
beverage, drink
pudding (BrE), shake (usually milkshake)
chocolate
product
bottle, carton, churn (BrE), container, jug
crate
production, supply, yield
producer
float, round (both BrE)
moustache/mustache
allergy
cow

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Collocations for milk - verb

Milk is used with these nouns as the object:
cow, goat

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