milk-chocolaty

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of milk chocolate.

Meanings

adjectivemilk-chocolaty (comparative more milk-chocolaty, superlative most milk-chocolaty)

comparative more milk-chocolaty · superlative most milk-chocolaty · alternative milk chocolatey · alternative milk-chocolatey · alternative milk chocolaty

  1. Resembling or characteristic of milk chocolate.

    [T]he pigeons kept coming too. I liked the pale milk-chocolaty ones with the dark iridescent rippling ruffs.

    1943, Vincent McHugh, “Wednesday: 18th February”, in I Am Thinking of My Darling: An Adventure Story, 3rd printing, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, section 1, page 24
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    Sometimes I ate so much chocolate that I had to eat a Payday or two in between, just to counteract the sweet milk-chocolaty taste with a somewhat salty food.

    2003, Rosemary Black, “Halloween”, in The Kids’ Holiday Baking Book: 150 Favorite Dessert Recipes from Around the World, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, page 178

    August’s milk-chocolaty hat is an imported Italian fedora, jammed down a bit on his head so the crosswinds won’t peel it away.

    2017, Eric E. Wallace, “Jumping to Conclusions”, in Emperor’s Reach: A Novel of San Francisco, St. Petersburg, Fla.: BookLocker.com, Inc., page 123

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