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milk-white

  • 1 milk

    [milk] 1. noun
    (a white liquid produced by female mammals as food for their young: The commonest source of milk is the cow.) mjólk
    2. verb
    (to obtain milk from: The farmer milks his cows each day.) mjólka
    - milkiness
    - milkmaid
    - milkman
    - milkshake
    - milk tooth
    - the Milky Way

    English-Icelandic dictionary > milk

  • 2 white

    1. adjective
    1) (of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: The bride wore a white dress.) hvítur
    2) (having light-coloured skin, through being of European etc descent: the first white man to explore Africa.) hvítur
    3) (abnormally pale, because of fear, illness etc: He went white with shock.) náfölur
    4) (with milk in it: A white coffee, please.) mjólkurbættur
    2. noun
    1) (the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: White and black are opposites.) hvítur litur
    2) (a white-skinned person: racial trouble between blacks and whites.) hvítur maður
    3) ((also egg-white) the clear fluid in an egg, surrounding the yolk: This recipe tells you to separate the yolks from the whites.) (eggja)hvíta
    4) ((of an eye) the white part surrounding the pupil and iris: The whites of her eyes are bloodshot.) (augn)hvíta
    - whiteness
    - whitening
    - whitish
    - white-collar
    - white elephant
    - white horse
    - white-hot
    - white lie
    - whitewash
    3. verb
    (to cover with whitewash.) kalka
    - white wine

    English-Icelandic dictionary > white

  • 3 cream

    [kri:m] 1. noun
    1) (the yellowish-white oily substance that forms on the top of milk, and from which butter and cheese are made.) rjómi
    2) (any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream: ice-cream; face-cream.) ís; krem
    3) (the best part; the top people: the cream of the medical profession.) úrvalið, besti hlutinn
    4) (( also adjective) (of) a yellowish-white colour: cream paint.) kremlitaður, rjómagulur
    2. verb
    1) (to make into a cream-like mixture: Cream the eggs, butter and sugar together.) þeyta saman
    2) (to take the cream off: She creamed the milk.) fleyta rjóma ofan af
    3) ((with off) to select (the best): The best pupils will be creamed off for special training.) velja úr
    - creaminess
    - cream of tartar

    English-Icelandic dictionary > cream

  • 4 black

    [blæk] 1. adjective
    1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) svartur
    2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) svartur; dimmur
    3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) svartur (af skít)
    4) (without milk: black coffee.) svartur (kaffi)
    5) (evil: black magic.) svartur (galdur)
    6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) svartur
    7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) svartur
    2. noun
    1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) svartur
    2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) svartur
    3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) svertingi
    3. verb
    (to make black.) sverta
    - blacken
    - black art/magic
    - blackbird
    - blackboard
    - black box
    - the Black Death
    - black eye
    - blackhead
    - blacklist
    4. verb
    (to put (a person etc) on such a list.) setja á svartan lista
    5. noun
    (the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) fjárkúgun
    - Black Maria
    - black market
    - black marketeer
    - blackout
    - black sheep
    - blacksmith
    - black and blue
    - black out
    - in black and white

    English-Icelandic dictionary > black

  • 5 creamy

    1) (full of, or like, cream: creamy milk.) rjómakenndur
    2) (smooth and white: a creamy complexion.) silkimjúkur

    English-Icelandic dictionary > creamy

См. также в других словарях:

  • milk-white — adjective MAINLY LITERARY something that is milk white is the color of milk …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • milk white — COLOUR You can use milk white to describe things that are a milky white colour. [LITERARY] Mist was rising, and trees and shrubs began to disappear in a milk white haze …   English dictionary

  • milk white — noun Etymology: Middle English milc whit, from Old English meolchwīt, from meolc milk + hwīt white : a yellowish white that is less strong and slightly greener and lighter than average shell tint compare skimmed milk white …   Useful english dictionary

  • milk-white — UK / US adjective mainly literary something that is milk white is the colour of milk …   English dictionary

  • milk-white — /milk hwuyt , wuyt /, adj. of a white or slightly blue white color, as that of milk. [bef. 1000; ME, OE] * * * …   Universalium

  • milk-white — white as milk …   English contemporary dictionary

  • milk-white — /ˈmɪlk waɪt/ (say milk wuyt) adjective of a white or slightly blue white colour, such as that of milk …  

  • milk-white — adjective having a slightly white blue color, that of milk …   Wiktionary

  • milk-white — adjective of the opaque white colour of milk …   English new terms dictionary

  • milk-white — adjective of a white the color of fresh milk • Similar to: ↑achromatic, ↑neutral …   Useful english dictionary

  • skimmed-milk white — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : a light bluish gray to light gray that is greener and lighter than glaucous gray or cinerous compare milk white …   Useful english dictionary

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