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As nouns the difference between milk and premix

is that milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt while premix is a blend of components that has been mixed in advance of use or of further processing.

As verbs the difference between milk and premix

is that milk is to express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow) while premix is to blend in advance.

milk

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), . (Cognates) Cognate with (etyl) .

Noun

  • (uncountable) A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.
  • # The lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, and including the addition of limited amounts of vitamin A, vitamin D, and other carriers or flavoring ingredients identified as safe and suitable.
  • (countable, informal) An individual serving of milk.
    • Table three ordered three milks'''.'' (Formally: ''The guests at table three ordered three glasses of '''milk . )
  • (uncountable) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as soy beans, coconuts, almonds, rice, oats. Also called non-dairy milk .
  • * c. 1430' (reprinted '''1888 ), Thomas Austin, ed., ''Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: 374760, page 11:
    • Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke
  • * 1962' (quoting '''1381 text), (Hans Kurath) & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., ''(Middle English Dictionary) , Ann Arbor, Mich.: (University of Michigan Press), , page 1242:
    • dorr?&
  • 773;', '''d?r?''' adj. & n. toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande ' mylk .
  • The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
  • (uncountable, slang) semen

    • Quotations

    * 2007 September 24, Chris Horseman (interviewee), Emily Harris (reporter), “Global Dairy Demand Drives Up Prices”, Morning Edition , National Public Radio *: there's going to be that much less milk' available to cover any other uses. Which means whether it's liquid ' milk or whether it's cheese or yogurt, the price gets pulled up right across the board.

    Derived terms

    * almond milk * breast milk * chocolate milk * coconut milk * condensed milk * cowmilk, cow milk * evaporated milk * flavored milk, flavoured milk * homogenized milk * milkaholic * milk bar * milk bottle * milk chocolate * milk fever * milk float * milkmaid * milkman * milk of magnesia * milk pan * milk powder * milk product * milkshake * milk tooth * milky * Milky Way * nut milk * oat milk * rice milk * semi-skimmed milk * skimmed milk, skim milk * soy milk * whole milk

    Related terms

    * milch

    References

    * FDA standard of identity for "milk".

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
    • The farmer milked his cows.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I have given suck, and know / How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me.
  • To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.
    • to milk wholesome milk from healthy cows
  • To express any liquid (from any creature).
  • (figurative) To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, etc.); to take advantage of (a situation).
    • When the audience began laughing, the comedian milked the joke for more laughs.
  • * London Spectator
    • They [the lawyers] milk an unfortunate estate as regularly as a dairyman does his stock.

    See also

    * (wikipedia "milk") * dairy * dairy product 1000 English basic words ----

    premix

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A blend of components that has been mixed in advance of use or of further processing.
  • * 1994 , G. Bickley Remmey, Firing Ceramics , page 120,
    • High velocity premix' systems — high velocity ' premix burner systems have been popular with some European kiln builders due to the fact that they are more fuel efficient than most other systems.
  • * 2005 , Robin Beauchamp, Designing Sound for Animation , page 143,
    • As the postproduction phase nears completion, elements (units) are mixed-down to premixes' (predub). ' Premixes are developed independently for each of the stems.
  • * 2005 , Hilary Wyatt, Tim Amyes, Audio Post Production For Television And Film , page 238,
    • Premixes' can be divided down into groups such as dialogue, effects and music, or even further, into ' premixes of spot effects, foley effects, atmosphere effects, etc.
  • * 2006 , M. J. McPherson, S. G. Møller, PCR , 2nd Edition, Taylor & Francis, page 80,
    • Where possible you should prepare a premix containing the common reactants for all the PCRs you are setting up.
  • * 2007 , John Purcell, Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art , page 311,
    • In comparison, dialogue editors have it pretty easy. Still, like the gymnast, for the past few weeks you?ve been preparing for one brief, intense experience: the dialogue premix .
  • * 2008 , Robert Blair, Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Poultry , page 223,
    • When vitamins and minerals are combined in a single premix', it should be used within 30 days of purchase. Vitamin and trace mineral ' premixes should be stored in the dark in dry sealed containers.
  • (Australia, informal) A manufactured beverage consisting of alcohol and soft drink, milk or other non-alcoholic drinks; an alcopop.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=What does UDL stand for? , group=aus.tv , author=Spot , date=September 26 , year=2006 , passage=Within months, the first range of UDL[] premixes hit the shelves and the rest, as they say, is history. For over 40 years, Aussies have been sipping UDLs, and they're now as much a part of the Australian tradition as backyard cricket and throwin' a prawn on the barbie. citation
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=Health Minister blames Coalition policies for teenage binge drinking , group=aus.politics , author=DM , date=April 29 , year=2008 , passage=Around 2001 or 2002 I did a marketing assignment for Uni and chose a premix' alcoholic beverage as my product. I got over 95% for the assignment, but it came back with rather a lot of red pen that pointed out how unethical it was to target underage females in this way, particularly as I provided research material that showed these ' premixes were a gateway to high lifelong use of alcohol. citation
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , title=New tax on alcopops , group=aus.tv , author=Typhoid , date=April 29 , year=2008 , passage=The premixes are  a nice starter before a night out.  I go the 2.1 standard drinks per can as there is more buzz less fizz. citation

    Synonyms

    * (blend of components prepared before use) * (manufactured mixed beverage containing alcohol and soft drink) alcopop, RTD

    See also

    * postmix

    Verb

  • To blend in advance.
  • * 2003 , Peter R. Hornsby, Roger N. Rothon (editor), Chapter 5: Compound Preparation, Mixture Characterisation and Process Enhancement of Particulate-Filled Polymer Compounds'', ''Particulate-Filled Polymer Composites , page 220,
    • During premixing , the components are randomly interspersed with each other and levels of developed shear are generally low.
  • * 2005 , Tom Holland, The 12-week Triathlete: Train For A Triathlon In Just Three Months , page 178,
    • My current strategy is that I premix two PowerGels in each Fuel Belt bottle and drink half the bottle (one PowerGel) every half hour during the Ironman run.
  • * 2010 , Stanley R. Alten, Audio in Media , page 482,
    • The rerecording''''' mix is the final stage in postproduction, when the '''premixed tracks or ''stems —dialogue, music, and sound effects—are combined into stereo and surround sound and sent to the edit master.