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How to pronounce “milk”

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Pronunciation guide for milk

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of milk with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Homemade YogurtYogurt is really just cultured milk.
Definition summary: (uncountable) A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.

Example 1 of 8

Homemade Yogurt

Yogurt is really just cultured milk.

[Noun]
(uncountable) A white liquid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals to nourish their young. From certain animals, especially cows, it is also called dairy milk and is a common food for humans as a beverage or used to produce various dairy products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt.
(uncountable, by extension) A white (or whitish) liquid obtained from a vegetable source such as almonds, coconuts, oats, rice, or soy beans.
(countable, informal) An individual serving of milk.
(countable or invariant) An individual portion of milk, such as found in a creamer, for tea and coffee.
The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster.
(uncountable, vulgar, slang) Semen.
[Verb]
(transitive) To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
(transitive, intransitive) To draw (milk) from the breasts or udder.
(intransitive, transitive, rare) To secrete (milk) from the breasts or udder.
(transitive) To express a liquid from a creature.
(transitive, figurative) To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).
(of an electrical storage battery) To give off small gas bubbles during the final part of the charging operation.
(transitive, BDSM, vulgar) To masturbate a male to ejaculation, especially for the amusement or satisfaction of the masturbator rather than the person masturbated.