evaporated milk


noun
  1. unsweetened milk thickened and concentrated by evaporation of water content to approximately half the original weight and then sterilized and canned.

Origin of evaporated milk

1
First recorded in 1865–70

Words Nearby evaporated milk

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How to use evaporated milk in a sentence

  • Put the powdered sugar, cocoa, and evaporated milk in a saucepan and mix.

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  • In any recipe requiring milk, condensed or evaporated milk may be substituted with very satisfactory results.

    Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Part cream may be used to advantage, or one can of evaporated milk with enough fresh milk added to make one quart.

  • The trio watched interestedly the capable way in which she got together the meal, adding sugar and evaporated milk to her coffee.

    Rimrock Trail | J. Allan Dunn
  • Why will evaporated milk not flow freely out of a can in which there is only one hole?

    Common Science | Carleton W. Washburne
  • Eggs can be added to the above; also salt, baking powder, evaporated milk and dried egg.

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British Dictionary definitions for evaporated milk

evaporated milk

noun
  1. thick unsweetened tinned milk from which some of the water has been evaporated

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