Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

milk-white

[milk-hwahyt, -wahyt] / ˈmɪlkˈʰwaɪt, -ˈwaɪt /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Upstairs, near the relics of the Christian martyr Saint Sebastian, is the last work of 17th-century sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini – a wild-haired bust of Jesus in milk-white marble.

From National Geographic Apr. 15, 2023

In the altarpiece panel depicting the nude Adam, moved to the MSK, you can see a dusting of individual black hairs on his milk-white thighs and calves, and even his toenails have been meticulously curved.

From New York Times Feb. 27, 2020

The milk-white skin was dry to the touch, brownish and rough in places.

From The New Yorker Sep. 12, 2016

The massive, milk-white blimps can be grounded by bad weather and, if deployed in combat zones, would be especially vulnerable to enemy attack.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 2015

There was something richly appealing in her color combination, the ginger snaps floating in the milk-white skin, the gold highlights in the strawberry hair.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training