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milk·shake

also milk shake (mĭlk′shāk′)

1. A beverage that is made of milk, ice cream, and often flavoring and is blended or whipped until foamy. Also called shake; also called regionally cabinet, frappe, velvet.

2. New England A beverage made of milk and flavored syrup, whipped until foamy.

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milkshake

(ˈmɪlkʃeɪk) or

milk shake

(Cookery) a cold frothy drink made of milk, flavouring, and sometimes ice cream, whisked or beaten together

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Noun

milkshake - frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream

milk shake, shake

drink - a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner"

eggshake - a milkshake with egg in it

frappe - thick milkshake containing ice cream

malt, malted, malted milk - a milkshake made with malt powder

Translations

حَلِيبٌ مَخْفُوقٌ بِالْفَاكِهَةِ

mléčný koktejlkoktejl

milkshake

Milchshake Milkshake Milchmixgetränk

μιλκσέικ

batido licuado

pirtelö

milk-shake lait fouetté milkshake

frape

mjólkurhristingur

frappè frullato

ミルクシェイク

밀크셰이크

milkshake

koktajl mleczny

batido de leite milkshake

молочный коктейль

koktajlkoktejlmliečny koktail

milkshake

นมปั่น

dondurmalı sütmilkshake

sinh tố khuấy sữa

奶昔

milkshake

milk shake [ˈmɪlkʃeɪk] n → milk-shake mmilk tooth n → dent f de laitmilk truck n (US) = milk float

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milk

(milk) noun

a white liquid produced by female mammals as food for their young. The commonest source of milk is the cow.

verb

to obtain milk from. The farmer milks his cows each day.

ˈmilky adjective

1. containing milk. milky coffee.

2. like milk in appearance. A milky substance.

ˈmilkiness noun

ˈmilkmaid noun

formerly, a woman employed to milk cows by hand.

ˈmilkman noun

a man who delivers milk.

ˈmilkshake noun

a drink made by shaking up milk and a particular flavouring. I'd like a chocolate/strawberry milkshake.

milk tooth

one of the first set of a baby's teeth. The child's milk teeth started to come out when he was six years old.

the Milky Way (also the Galaxy)

a huge collection of stars stretching across the sky.

milkshake

→ حَلِيبٌ مَخْفُوقٌ بِالْفَاكِهَةِ mléčný koktejl milkshake Milkshake μιλκσέικ batido pirtelö milkshake frape frullato ミルクシェイク 밀크셰이크 milkshake milkshake koktajl mleczny batido de leite, milkshake молочный коктейль milkshake นมปั่น milkshake sinh tố khuấy sữa 奶昔

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