Phrase guide

milk skin

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk (such as hot chocolate and some soups).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lactoderm

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From milk + skin.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: tel — sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk
  • Catalan: crespell — sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk
  • Catalan: cresp — sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk
  • Catalan: doga — sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk
  • German: Milchhaut — sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk
  • German: Schmand — sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk
  • Nepali: तर (tar) — sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snerke — sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk
  • Polish: kożuch — sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk
  • Russian: пе́нка (pénka) — sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk
  • Spanish: nata — sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk
  • Ukrainian: пі́нка (pínka) — sticky film of protein that forms on top of dairy milk and foods containing dairy milk