spoiled milk
Refrigerator's forgotten carton
Spoiled milk is milk that has gone bad—soured, curdled, or otherwise unfit to drink.
The phrase often appears in contexts about food safety or waste: I poured the spoiled milk down the drain.
Figuratively, something compared to spoiled milk is ruined or unpleasant: Their friendship had turned like spoiled milk.
- sourSharp, biting taste
- curdledSolidified into lumps
- gone badSpoiled, unfit to consume
- rottenDecomposed or corrupt
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
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- food spoilagerot, mold growth, rancidity, staleness, decomposition
- Stinksbody odor, skunk, rotten eggs, sewage, garbage smell
- food gone badmoldy bread, rancid butter, overripe fruit, wilted greens
- everyday problemstypos, clutter, lateness, lost keys, traffic jams
- grossvomit, pus, poop, boogers, snot
- undrinkablecontaminated water, toxic water, raw sewage, industrial waste, chemical runoff
freshness/quality state
spoiled milkfresh milk
Recently obtained cow beverage
pasteurized milk · raw milk · sweet milk · whole milk · UHT milk
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