Phrase guide

skim milk

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Non-fat milk; milk that has had the cream removed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Canada, US, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • We like to drink skim milk instead so as to consume fewer calories.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

milk from which the cream has been skimmed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: skimmed milk

Antonyms: whole milk

Broader terms: milk

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَلِيب خَالِي الدَسَم (ḥalīb ḵālī d-dasam) — milk with removed cream
  • Bulgarian: обезмаслено мляко (obezmasleno mljako) — milk with removed cream
  • Catalan: llet desnatada — milk with removed cream
  • Catalan: llet descremada — milk with removed cream
  • Chinese Cantonese: 脫脂奶 /脱脂奶 (tyut3 zi1 naai5) — milk with removed cream
  • Chinese Cantonese: 脫脂牛奶 /脱脂牛奶 (tyut3 zi1 ngau4 naai5) — milk with removed cream
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脫脂牛奶 /脱脂牛奶 (tuōzhī niúnǎi) — milk with removed cream
  • Danish: skummetmælk — milk with removed cream
  • Danish: minimælk — milk with removed cream
  • Danish: letmælk — milk with removed cream
  • Dutch: afgeroomde melk — milk with removed cream
  • Dutch: magere melk — milk with removed cream
  • Finnish: kuorittu maito — milk with removed cream
  • Finnish: rasvaton maito — milk with removed cream
  • Finnish: kurri — milk with removed cream
  • French: lait écrémé — milk with removed cream
  • Galician: leite desnatado — milk with removed cream
  • German: entrahmte Milch — milk with removed cream
  • German: Magermilch — milk with removed cream
  • Greek: αποβουτυρωμένο γάλα (apovoutyroméno gála) — milk with removed cream
  • Hausa: tsala — milk with removed cream
  • Hebrew: חלב רזה (khaláv razé) — milk with removed cream
  • Icelandic: undanrenna — milk with removed cream
  • Icelandic: léttmjólk — milk with removed cream
  • Ingrian: koorimaito — milk with removed cream
  • Italian: latte scremato — milk with removed cream
  • Japanese: 脱脂粉乳 (dasshi funnyū) — milk with removed cream
  • Japanese: スキムミルク (sukimu miruku) — milk with removed cream
  • Korean: 탈지유 (taljiyu) — milk with removed cream
  • Korean: 탈지분유 (taljibunyu) — milk with removed cream
  • Korean: 무지방 우유 (mujibang uyu) — milk with removed cream
  • Korean: 스킴 밀크 (seukim milkeu) — milk with removed cream
  • Lithuanian: nugriebtas pienas — milk with removed cream
  • Lithuanian: sometimes liespienis — milk with removed cream
  • Māori: miraka kore kirīmi — milk with removed cream
  • Norman: lait êcrémé — milk with removed cream
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skummet melk — milk with removed cream
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skumma melk — milk with removed cream
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skumma mjølk — milk with removed cream
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skumma mjølk — milk with removed cream
  • Old English: þynnu meolc — milk with removed cream
  • Plautdietsch: Schliesamalkj — milk with removed cream
  • Polish: mleko odtłuszczone — milk with removed cream
  • Polish: chude mleko — milk with removed cream
  • Portuguese: leite desnatado — milk with removed cream
  • Portuguese: leite magro — milk with removed cream
  • Russian: обезжи́ренное молоко́ (obezžírennoje molokó) — milk with removed cream
  • Russian: сня́тое молоко́ (snjátoje molokó) — milk with removed cream
  • Russian: обра́т (obrát) — milk with removed cream
  • Slovene: posneto mleko — milk with removed cream
  • Spanish: leche desnatada — milk with removed cream
  • Spanish: leche descremada — milk with removed cream
  • Swedish: skummjölk — milk with removed cream
  • Swedish: lättmjölk — milk with removed cream
  • Turkish: yağsız süt — milk with removed cream