milking machine
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- Even though it has been neutralized, you don't want any debris getting in the milk and/or backing up into her teat canal by action of the milking machine.
Examples
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I know a McFarlane sells milking machines in Timaru.
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We then bought a one-stand milking machine.
Blog text (1) -
When I get back, I'll have enough money for that brand new milking machine you want.
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Turning on electric milking machines.
Fiction book (1993) -
From what I heard, they're either having sex or Howard's caught in a milking machine.
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It was Yana; something was wrong with the vacuum pump that powers the milking machines.
Blog text (26) -
When you work, think of the grinding of the motors of the milking machines as the music of Lord Krishna's flute.
Fiction book (1997) -
Pababananda had told me to chant to the hum of the milking machines, but I didn't have patience.
Fiction book (1997) -
For ten years I've been hearing about what you wanted to do with this place, how you wanted to switch off the Jerseys over to Holsteins, get a milking machine after the war as soon as we get electricity in, and specialize in dairy.
Fiction book (1994) -
The farmer invested in a milking machine to increase the efficiency of his dairy farm.
Synonyms
A machine that takes milk from cows and collects it
How Automated
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compound where 'milking' (the act of drawing milk) modifies 'machine' to indicate a device that performs that action; its meaning is literally built from the known constituents. This noun‑noun/verb‑participle compounding is common and non-idiomatic across languages, so a B1 learner who knows 'milk' (to milk) and 'machine' will readily understand it.
Etymology
Milking machine comes from the simple idea of using a machine to do the milking people once did by hand: it fits cups to a cow and gently pulls the milk out. That's why it means 'a machine that uses suction to extract milk from cows'.