green top

noun

Semi-skimmed milk

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Meanings

noungreen top (countable and uncountable, plural green tops)

plural green tops

  1. Milk of the kind sold with a green top, or a bottle thereof.
    1. UKcountableuncountableSemi-skimmed milk

      Red top milk is in and green top milk is out, according to Guernsey Dairy, which has seen sales of full fat milk increase by 30% since 2019.

      2026 March 29, Julia Gregory, “Sales of full fat milk on the rise, say producers”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2026
    2. EnglandUKWalescountableuncountableUnpasteurized full-cream milk.

      Green-top (untreated raw retail liquid milk) production is closely monitored by on-farm checks.

      1989, Michael A. Hollingham, Richard W. Howarth, British Milk Marketing and the Common Agricultural Policy: The Origins of Confusion and Crisis, Gower Publishing Company, Limited
  2. countableball gamesA pitch with abundant visible grass.
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Chicago

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