sweet milk

Unflavored dairy drink

Sweet milk is regular whole milk, as distinguished from buttermilk or sour milk.

The term is primarily Southern American and somewhat old-fashioned, used in contexts where the default "milk" might be ambiguous: The recipe calls for sweet milk, not buttermilk.

The sweetness refers not to added sugar but to milk's natural, unfermented state.

Related

cold · ice cold · milkfat · dairy · pasteurized · sugar · warm · homogenized · dulce de leche · smooth · calcium · chai · protein · taste · latte · unskimmed · thick · white

Opposites
fermentation/culturing state

sweet milkbuttermilk

Fermented dairy beverage

sour milk · cultured milk · soured milk · kefir · spoiled milk

fat content/richness

sweet milkskim milk

Dairy with fat removed

cream · heavy cream · evaporated milk · condensed milk · half-and-half

Family

sweet, milk, sweetly, sweetness, sweeten, sweetened, sweetening, sweetener, sweeter

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G