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Definition of "coconut milk" [coconut milk]

  • A milky fluid extracted from the flesh of the coconut, used in foods or as a beverage. (noun)
  • The watery fluid in the central cavity of the coconut, used chiefly as a beverage. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "coconut milk" in a sentence
  • "Their mother, therefore, left them to their own devices, and attended to the hungry animals, unharnessing the ass to graze, and giving coconut milk to the poor little monkey, who had been obliged to travel in a covered basket for some time, lest he should be lost in the woods."
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