milk cow

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [milk kou]
- /mɪlk kaʊ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [milk kou]
- /mɪlk kaʊ/

Definitions of milk cow words

noun milk cow a cow that is raised for its milk rather than for beef. 1
noun milk cow Informal. a source of easily gained income; profitable venture: The new subsidiary turns out to be a real milk cow. 1
noun milk cow dairy cow kept for milking 1

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Origin of milk cow

First appearance:

before 1400

One of the 24% oldest English words

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50

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Parts of speech for Milk cow

noun

adjective

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adverb

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preposition

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determiner

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Full grammatical hierarchy of Milk cow

milk cow popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

milk cow usage trend in Literature

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