milker
/'milkə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A person who milks animals: A "milker" is a person whose job or task is to extract milk from animals, typically cows, goats, or sheep.
- A machine for milking animals: A "milker" is also a device or piece of equipment used to milk dairy animals.
- A dairy animal: In specific contexts, "milker" can refer to a cow or other animal that is kept for milk production.
Usage Examples
Noun (Person):
- The farmer hired an experienced milker for the morning shift.
- She is the fastest milker in the dairy, able to milk twenty cows in an hour.
Noun (Machine):
- The new automatic milker has made the process much more efficient.
- They attached the milker to the cow to begin the process.
Noun (Animal):
- That Holstein is our best milker, producing over ten gallons a day.
- We need to separate the milkers from the rest of the herd.
Advanced Usage
"First-milker" or "first-calf milker": A cow that is producing milk for the first time after giving birth to her first calf.
- The first-calf milker requires extra attention as she adjusts to the routine.
"Machine milker": A specific term to distinguish the equipment from a person.
- The invention of the machine milker revolutionized the dairy industry.
Variants and Related Words
Milk (verb): To draw milk from an animal.
- It takes skill to milk a cow properly.
Milking (noun): The act or process of extracting milk.
- Milking is done twice a day on most farms.
Dairy (noun): A place where milk is processed or where dairy cows are kept.
- He works at the local dairy.
Synonyms
- Milkmaid (noun, historical/female): A woman or girl who milks cows.
- Dairyman (noun): A man who works in a dairy or deals with dairy products.
- Milking machine (noun): A specific synonym for the equipment.
Related Phrases
- To be a good/bad milker: Used to describe an animal's milk production capacity.
- This goat is a very good milker.
Noun
- cattle that are reared for their milk