cow's milk

Cream's liquid source

Cow's milk is milk produced by cows, the most commonly consumed type of milk worldwide.

The specification distinguishes it from milk from other mammals—goat's milk, sheep's milk, human breast milk—though in most contexts, unmodified "milk" already implies cow's milk.

The recipe calls for cow's milk, but you can substitute oat milk.

The term appears frequently in discussions of allergies, infant nutrition, and dairy alternatives.

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calcium · pasteurization · vitamin D · butter · homogenization · dairy farming · kefir · fortification · yogurt · milkshake · cereal bowl · béchamel sauce · ghee · colostrum · skimming · gallon · protein · jug

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Opposites
animal vs. plant source

cow's milkplant milk

Liquid from nuts or grains

oat milk · almond milk · soy milk · coconut milk · rice milk

mammalian species source

cow's milkcamel milk

Dairy from humped mammals

buffalo milk · horse milk

dietary acceptability

cow's milklactose-free milk

Dairy drink without milk sugar

Family

cow, milk, cows, milky, milking, milked, milkman, cowhand, cow's

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Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G