milch cow

noun

A cow kept for milking; a dairy cow.

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dairy cattledairy cowmilk cowmilchermilker
OriginMiddle English melche cow →
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Meanings

nounmilch cow (plural milch cows)

plural milch cows

  1. A cow kept for milking; a dairy cow.
  2. A cow that produces milk (having had at least one calf).
  3. figurativelyA cash cow.
  4. slanggovernmentA German WWII submarine designed to carry large cargoes of supplies and transfer them to other submarines.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncattle that are reared for their milk

Similar
dairy cattledairy cowmilk cowmilchermilker
Broader
cattlecowskine
Also see
cash cowdairy cattledairy cowmilchermilk cowmilker

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmelche cow
  2. Englishmilch cow

From Middle English melche cow, mylche cowe, equivalent to milch (“yielding milk”) + cow.

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Translations

Bulgarian дойна крава
  • дойна крава (dojna krava)cow that produces milk
Dutch melkkoe
  • melkkoecow that produces milk
Finnish lypsylehmä, lypsylehmä
  • lypsylehmäcow that produces milk
  • lypsylehmäGerman WWII submarine
Polish krowa mleczna, krowa mleczna
  • krowa mlecznacow that produces milk
  • krowa mlecznaGerman WWII submarine
Tamil கறவை
  • கறவை (kaṟavai)cow that produces milk
Turkish sağmal inek, sağmal
  • sağmal inekcow that produces milk
  • sağmalcow that produces milk
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APA

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Chicago

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