dry milk

1 2.4

Powdered milk you get by removing water from milk so it lasts a long time

noun
/draɪ mɪlk/

: leche en polvo

In a medium bowl, whisk together the water and dry milk until smooth.
nonfat dry milk
tablespoon of dry milk
cup of dry milk

The only thing I need is dry milk powder, I believe, which I don't have.

Examples

The emergency shipment, consisting mostly of dry milk, is intended for a country facing famine this winter.
Americans have sent a lot of dry milk to our country sir.

Challenge to Lassie (1949)
1-2 cups dry milk powder

Fiction book (1997)
The only thing I need is dry milk powder, I believe, which I don't have.

Sarah Rae Vargas
Most everything else for the recipe is in the pantry, and the dry milk will keep for months.

Blog text (9)
Most everything else for the recipe is in the pantry, and the dry milk will keep for months.

Synonyms

powdered milk

vsdry milk

3 1.4

Dry milk that you mix with water to make liquid milk

focuses on removing water to create a product that stores for a long time

milk powder

vsdry milk

1 1.8

A dry powder made from milk that you add to water to make milk

emphasizes production by water removal and long term storage rather than primary use

dried milk

vsdry milk

1 1.1

Milk with the water removed and left as a powder for storage

is the product made by removing water to allow long term storage

nonfat dry milk

vsdry milk

2.3

Powder made from milk with no fat that you mix with water

is the broader product made by removing water and may contain fat unless specified

Antonyms

milk

∞ 1.0

A white liquid from female animals or plants used for food

Surface Forms

dry milk singular

dry milks plural

Morphology

dry + milk

The meaning 'powdered milk' is directly derivable from combining 'dry' (not wet / dehydrated) with 'milk' (the liquid), i.e. milk that has had its water removed. This straightforward adjective+noun composition is a common, non-idiomatic pattern (cross-linguistically expressed in various ways) and should be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

The noun dry milk comes from the simple idea that the water is taken out of milk, leaving it dry and like a 'powder'. So dry milk means milk in powder form that 'lasts longer' than fresh milk.