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Meaning of "milk-and-water" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MILK-AND-WATER

milk-and-water play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MILK-AND-WATER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Milk-And-Water is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MILK-AND-WATER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of milk-and-water in the English dictionary

The definition of milk-and-water in the dictionary is weak, feeble, or insipid.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MILK-AND-WATER

milk shake
milk sickness
milk snake
milk stout
milk sugar
milk thistle
milk tooth
milk train
milk truck
milk vetch
milk-white
milken
milker
milkfish
milkier
milkiest
milkily
milkiness
milking
milking machine

WORDS THAT END LIKE MILK-AND-WATER

above the water
bath water
blackwater
blood is thicker than water
bottled water
distilled water
drinking water
fresh water
freshwater
Greater
holy water
in deep water
in hot water
like a fish out of water
salt water
saltwater
sweetwater
test the water
underwater
wastewater
water

Synonyms and antonyms of milk-and-water in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MILK-AND-WATER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «milk-and-water» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of milk-and-water

Translation of «milk-and-water» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MILK-AND-WATER

Find out the translation of milk-and-water to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of milk-and-water from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «milk-and-water» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乳 - 水
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

y agua leche
570 millions of speakers

English

milk-and-water
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दूध और पानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحليب و الماء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

молоко - и - вода
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

leite e água
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নীরস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lait et d´eau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Susu dan air
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

seicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ミルク·アンド·水
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우유 와 물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Susu lan banyu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chậm chạp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பால்-தண்ணீர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दूध आणि पाणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yavan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

latte ed acqua
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mleka i wody
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

молоко - і - вода
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de apă cu lapte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γάλα - και - νερό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

melk - en - water
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mjölk - och - vatten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

melk - og - vann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of milk-and-water

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MILK-AND-WATER»

The term «milk-and-water» is regularly used and occupies the 75.256 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MILK-AND-WATER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «milk-and-water» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «milk-and-water» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about milk-and-water

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MILK-AND-WATER»

Discover the use of milk-and-water in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to milk-and-water and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Social Life of Fluids: Blood, Milk, and Water in the ...
Analyzing the expression of scientific understanding and the technological manipulation of fluids blood, breast milk, and water in Victorian novels, Law traces the culture's growing anxiety about fluids from the 1830s through the 1890s."
Jules David Law, 2010
2
Coconut Cures: Preventing and Treating Common Health ...
In this book you will learn about the amazing health benefits of coconut oil, meat, milk, and water.
Bruce Fife, 2005
3
Decontamination of Milk and Water by Pulsed UV-light and ...
Kathiravan Krishnamurthy. 4. Inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus in Milk and Milk Foam by Pulsed UV-light Treatment and Surface Response Modeling 4.1. Abstract Pulsed UV-light is a novel technology that can be used to inactivate ...
Kathiravan Krishnamurthy, 2006
4
Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
M164 Milk and water 1776 Lee Papers 1.377: But for the same apathy ... towards what the milk and water people call reconciliation. 1783 JArmstrong in Madison Papers 6.349: Milk & Water Stile. 1789 PButler in Iredell Correspondence 2.265:  ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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The Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude for MBA Entrance ...
If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, then the price of the third variety per kg will be (a) Rs 169.50 (d) Rs 170 (c) Rs 175.50 (d) Rs-180 (Based on MAT 2001] In a mixture of 45 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 4 : 1. How much water must be ...
Khattar Dinesh, 2008
6
The Pearson Guide to Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive ...
A housewife has 1 1 litre of solution that contains milk and water in the ratio 3:1. She adds 250 ml of 3 : 2 solution of milk and water to it and then uses 250 ml of the combined mixture to make curd How much of pure milk is she left with?
Khattar Dinesh, 2008
7
An Evaluation of Public Health Hazards from Microbiological ...
Most communities in the United States have established microbiological standards for milk and water. Continued and increased application of microbiological criteria as purchase specifications and as recommended limits in handling codes ...
‎1964
8
Quantitative Aptitude For Cat And Other Mba Entrance ...
Three casks with capacities in the ratio 5:6:7, contain mixtures of milk and water. The ratios of milk to water in the vessels are respectively 2 : 3, 5 : 2 and 6:1. What is the ratio of milk to water in a mixutre obtained by mixing one half of the ...
Time, 2010
9
ASPCA Complete Dog Care Manual
Three weeks Mother's milk and water. Feed mother dry puppy food so puppies get used to the taste in her milk. Dry puppy food and water should be left out at all times. Five weeks Mother's milk and water; moistened puppy food; dry puppy ...
Bruce Fogle, 1993
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A Dictionary in Sanscrit and English: translated, amended, ...
'^Km'K n. (-*:) Embracing, embrace, b. milk, and water ; mixing like milk and water . ^!XV mfn. (-□«T:-Tr-''i) Drinking milk, who or what drinks it. e. ^tK, and 'T who drinks, ^t^nff f. (-*f) See Tft^r- ^Hm*4 n. (-□*?) Drinking milk ; also -^Rmm. m. plu.
Horace H. Wilson, 1832

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MILK-AND-WATER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term milk-and-water is used in the context of the following news items.
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Even in Arcadia, the cruel sea can claim anyone
... thick it morphed into what was more like everyday west-of-Ireland drizzle, squalls of it coming all day through the milk-and-water atmosphere. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
Entertaining nod to the Victorian novel
Aside from the usual "milk-and-water heroine to please the critics and clerics", his other, more interesting heroine should be "a clever woman, ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
3
More milk and water
The Government's climate change legislation is as milk-and-watery as any of its backbench TDs could have hoped for: it has pushed the ... «Irish Times, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Milk-And-Water [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/milk-and-water>. Apr 2024 ».
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