homogenized milk
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- noun
- /həˈmɒdʒəˌnaɪzd mɪlk/
- US
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leche homogeneizada
- The recipe called for one cup of homogenized milk to make the batter creamy and rich.
Examples
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It's got a carton of homogenized milk.
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In a homogeneous universe, every position is similar to every other one, like the contents of a glass of homogenized milk.
Academic text (2005) -
Homogenized milk.
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This was the federal bounty distributed to every refugee on the bus, along with an apple, a small carton of homogenized milk, and some carrot chips.
Fiction book (2002) -
She prepared a delicious breakfast using fresh fruit and homogenized milk in her smoothie.
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After trying both whole and homogenized milk, I preferred the smoother texture of the latter.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'homogenized' (uniform in texture/composition) applied to 'milk' yields milk made uniform so fat doesn’t separate. This is a transparent, technical adjective+noun combination and parallel forms exist in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Homogenized milk gets its name because homogenized means to make the milk 'the same' all through. When milk is not treated, cream rises to the top, but a machine breaks the fat into tiny pieces and spreads it evenly so the milk stays 'the same' from top to bottom, which is why the name means milk with no separate cream.