Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Resembling milk in color; not clear; having a cloudy white appearance: Describes something that has a white, opaque, or semi-opaque quality similar to that of milk, often implying it is not transparent.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The bathroom window is made of milklike glass for privacy.
  • After adding the powder, the water turned a milklike white.
  • The substance had a strange, milklike consistency.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific/Technical Context: Used to describe the appearance of liquids, solutions, or materials that are colloidal or emulsified, resulting in a cloudy, white opacity.
  • The chemist observed a milklike precipitate forming in the test tube.

Variants and Related Words

• Milky (adj): The more common and standard adjective form meaning "resembling milk" (e.g., milky white, milky sap, milky way).
• Emulsified (adj): (Technical) Describes a liquid dispersed in another liquid, often resulting in a milky appearance.
• Opaque (adj): Not able to be seen through; not transparent. (This is a broader term, while 'milklike' specifies a milk-like quality.)

Synonyms

• Cloudy: (Of a liquid) not transparent or clear.
• Opaque: Impervious to light; not transparent or translucent.
• Whitish: Somewhat white in color.

Antonyms

• Clear: Transparent; unclouded.
• Transparent: Allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen.
• Limpid: (Of a liquid) completely clear and transparent.

Notes on Usage

• "Milklike" is a less common variant. The standard and far more frequently used term is "milky". "Milklike" is typically found in more technical or descriptive texts but carries the same core meaning.
• It is primarily used as a descriptive adjective before a noun (e.g., milklike fluid) or after a linking verb (e.g., The solution became milklike).

Adjective

1. resembling milk in color not clear
   • milky glass