skim milk

noun

: milk from which the cream has been taken

called also skimmed milk

Examples of skim milk in a Sentence

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That company would later introduce Slim-Fast Foods, a weight-loss product popular in the 1980s that served as a supplement for breakfast and lunch by combining a powder with skim milk. Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025 But his team also found that skim milk works about as well, probably because fat is just one element in food that dials down the heat. Matt Fuchs, Time, 17 June 2025 Her lunch tray was bare except for a blue carton of skim milk. Literary Hub, 9 June 2025 According to a prison menu obtained by PEOPLE, Combs and the other inmates at MDC will eat a normal, rotating Monday meal, which will consist of fruit, cereal, skim milk and a breakfast cake to start their day. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 25 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for skim milk

Word History

First Known Use

1596, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of skim milk was in 1596

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“Skim milk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skim%20milk. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

skim milk

noun
: milk from which the cream has been removed

called also skimmed milk

Medical Definition

skim milk

noun
: milk from which the cream has been taken

called also skimmed milk

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