Definition

1. Noun:
   • A frozen dessert similar to ice cream but made primarily with milk: "Ice milk" is a sweet, frozen food product. Its composition and texture are like ice cream, but it contains less milk fat because it is made mainly from milk instead of cream.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • For a lighter dessert, she chose a scoop of ice milk.
  • This brand's ice milk is just as creamy as their regular ice cream but has fewer calories.

Advanced Usage

• As a product category: The term "ice milk" was historically used to distinguish lower-fat frozen desserts from ice cream, based on legal standards of milk fat content. In many places, this term has been largely replaced by marketing terms like "low-fat ice cream" or "light ice cream."
  • Due to changing regulations, what was once labeled "ice milk" is now often found in the freezer aisle as "light ice cream."

Variants and Related Words

• Ice cream (n): A rich, frozen dessert made from cream, milk, sugar, and flavorings, with a higher milk fat content than ice milk.
• Frozen yogurt (n): A frozen dessert made with yogurt and similar in texture to ice cream or ice milk.
• Sherbet (n): A frozen dessert made from fruit juice, sugar, and a small amount of milk or cream.

Synonyms

• Light ice cream: A modern, common synonym for ice milk.
• Low-fat frozen dessert: A descriptive synonym.

Related Phrases

• "As refreshing as ice milk": A simile used to describe something cool and light.
  • The breeze off the lake was as refreshing as ice milk on a hot day.

Noun

1. similar to ice cream but made of milk