milkshed

milk·shed

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [milk-shed]
- /ˈmɪlkˌʃɛd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [milk-shed]
- /ˈmɪlkˌʃɛd/

Definitions of milkshed word

noun milkshed a region producing milk for a specific community: the St. Louis milkshed. 1
noun milkshed an area or region where milk is produced for a particular community 0
noun milkshed all the dairy farm areas supplying milk for a given city 0

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Origin of milkshed

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

1925-30, Americanism; milk + shed2, on the model of watershed

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Parts of speech for Milkshed

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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milkshed popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

milkshed usage trend in Literature

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