almond milk

[ ah-muhnd milk, am-uhnd ]

noun

1. a creamy mixture of presoaked almonds blended to a paste with water and then sieved, used especially as a substitute for dairy milk.

Word History and Origins

Origin of almond milk¹

First recorded in 1350–1400

Example Sentences

Boomers like to accuse millennials of splurging so much on avocado toast and almond milk lattes that they’ll never be able to afford to buy a house.

From Ozy

Fermented almond milk, alchemized into a new form of crème fraîche.

From Quartz

Love makes people buy almond milk instead of regular because that’s what their spouse prefers.

From Eater

You can choose whatever base you want, but I usually go with two cups of coconut or almond milk.

From The Daily Beast

The surprise really came—wrong word, perhaps—with the almond milk.

From The Daily Beast

Was it really just almond milk, I wanted to know afterwards?

From The Daily Beast

Put this almond milk into glass bottles and place them on ice before serving.

From Project Gutenberg

If salt, a cup of chicken broth; if sweet, almond milk is furnished with it.

From Project Gutenberg

Almond milk makes a delightful drink and can be used by many who cannot take dairy milk.

From Project Gutenberg

It is good against the Palsie, and procures a sick Patient to sleep; it must be taken in Almond-milk, or some other warm thing.

From Project Gutenberg

I left him for the night and prescribed almond milk and orange flower water.

From Project Gutenberg