low-fat milk
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1.0
- noun
- /loʊ fæt mɪlk/
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leche desnatada
- Got any low-fat milk?
- a cup of low-fat milk
- 1% low-fat milk
- 1/2 cup of low-fat milk
The DASH diet says eat lots of whole wheat, drink lots of low fat milk.
- The DASH diet says eat lots of whole wheat, drink lots of low fat milk.
- And I I've sort of oscillated between the two and certainly I was one of the first to probably move to low fat milks.
Examples
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In addition, the regulations require 2 servings of fruits and vegetables when lunch or dinner is served, water as an option at all meals, and only low-fat milk for individuals 2 years or older.
Academic text (2012) -
However, fruits and vegetables and liquids such as low-fat milk also count as fluid intake.
Academic text (2008) -
Excuse me, can you bring me low-fat milk, please?
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For children 2 and older, low-fat milk is required.
Blog text (13) -
Well, I could use low-fat milk.
Blog text (30) -
With her other hand, she grabs a carton of low-fat milk.
Fiction book (1992) -
Under these new standards, schools have the option to give students who need additional calories more servings of fruit and vegetables and low-fat milk.
Blog text (16) -
I eat a grilled cheese sandwich and stir some cocoa powder into a glass of low-fat milk.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the cafeteria, the food service was instructed to offer healthy reminders such as choosing low-fat milk or fruits and vegetables.
Academic text (2013) -
I always use low-fat milk in my smoothies to keep them healthy.
Synonyms
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2.0
Milk with the cream removed so it has little fat
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1.6
A food that has no fat, like milk or yogurt
1
1.4
Milk with most cream removed so it has little fat
1
2.0
Milk with some fat removed so it has less fat than whole milk
Antonyms
How Fat
Surface Forms
Morphology
low-fat + milk
The meaning 'milk with a reduced fat content' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents 'low' + 'fat' + 'milk' (i.e. an adjective describing fat level followed by the noun). This adjective+noun pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Low-fat milk is a simple name that creates a clear picture: the word low shows that the amount of fat in the milk is small because some of the cream or fat has been taken away. So it means 'milk from which most of the fat has been removed'.