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skim

skim

2.3
Milk with the cream removed
  • adjective
  • /skɪm/
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  • She decided to buy skim milk instead of whole milk for her coffee to reduce calories.

So it's usually sugary foods, non fat skim dairy products that will make your acne flare.

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Examples

  • Stop drinking skim milk, it's really not that great for you.

  • The the number one ingredient is ultra filtered skim milk, which I've seen before elsewhere.

  • It's I think it's a skim probably, or maybe, maybe half percent.

  • And if you have oily skin, then maybe use like skim milk and like low fat yogurt or no fat yogurt.

  • It could be skim milk solids, it could be whey protein.

  • So it's usually sugary foods, non fat skim dairy products that will make your acne flare.

  • But what we do see is that if you're going to have dairy, have whole, have the real thing, the processed dairy, the skim milk, that actually decreases your fertility.

  • I prefer my cereal with skim milk because it has less fat than whole milk.

  • Many people choose skim milk as a healthier option when making smoothies.

Synonyms

skimmed
vsskim
  • UK
2.0

Milk or dairy product that has most cream and fat removed

is a neutral label that mentions only the cream removal

Antonyms

11 1.0

Milk that still has its natural fat, about three percent

Compounds

11 2.0

Milk with the cream removed so it has little fat

How Fat

whole milk
11 1.0
skim
2.3
fat-free
22 1.0

Surface Forms

skim positive

Etymology

The adjective skim in skim milk comes from the idea of taking off the top layer of cream from milk, leaving the milk without that top part. So skim milk is milk that has had its cream removed.