"milk-white" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Dutch melkwit (“milk-white”)",
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        "2": "milchweiß",
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      "expansion": "German milchweiß (“milk-white”)",
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        "2": "mjölkvit",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English milke white, mylk-whyte, mylkquyte, mylk-whit, milc-whit, from Old English meolchwīt (“milk-white”), equivalent to milk + white. Compare Dutch melkwit (“milk-white”), German milchweiß (“milk-white”), Swedish mjölkvit (“milk-white”).",
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      "form": "more milk-white",
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      "form": "most milk-white",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1860, Charles Dickens, Captain Murderer",
          "text": "He made love in a coach and six, and married in a coach and twelve, and all his horses were milk-white horses with one red spot on the back which he caused to be hidden by the harness. For, the spot would come there, though every horse was milk-white when Captain Murderer bought him. And the spot was young bride's blood.",
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        "Having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk."
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          "word": "pale as milk"
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          "word": "milkwhite"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "labaniyy",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "لَبَنِيّ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šīrbām",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "شِيرْبَام"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mlečnobjál",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "млечнобя́л"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "melkwit"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "maidonvalkoinen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "laiteux"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "milchweiß"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "english": "Switzerland and Liechtenstein",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "milchweiss"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "schneeweiß"
        },
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          "english": "Switzerland and Liechtenstein",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "schneeweiss"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "laktoblanka"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "lacteus"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "moločno-bélyj",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "молочно-бе́лый"
        },
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "bàn-gheal"
        },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
          "word": "mjölkvit"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
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  "word": "milk-white"
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English milke white, mylk-whyte, mylkquyte, mylk-whit, milc-whit, from Old English meolchwīt (“milk-white”), equivalent to milk + white. Compare Dutch melkwit (“milk-white”), German milchweiß (“milk-white”), Swedish mjölkvit (“milk-white”).",
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        "superlative"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "labaniyy",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "لَبَنِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šīrbām",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "شِيرْبَام"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mlečnobjál",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "млечнобя́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "melkwit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "maidonvalkoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "laiteux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "milchweiß"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "Switzerland and Liechtenstein",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "milchweiss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "schneeweiß"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "Switzerland and Liechtenstein",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "schneeweiss"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "laktoblanka"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "lacteus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "moločno-bélyj",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "молочно-бе́лый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "bàn-gheal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "mjölkvit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having a slightly bluish white color, that of milk",
      "word": "llaethwyn"
    }
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  "word": "milk-white"
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