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MILKSH-ayk/ˈmɪlkʃeɪk/

A milkshake is a cold sweet drink made from milk mixed with ice cream or fruit. Countable: a milkshake, milkshakes. Milk is the plain drink; a milkshake is flavoured and often thick. Hot chocolate is hot; a milkshake is cold. One word: milkshake.

Meaning

A cold sweet drink made from milk and ice cream or fruit.

Examples

• “I ordered a chocolate milkshake.”
• “Can I have a banana milkshake?”
• “This milkshake is too thick to drink with a straw.”

Good to know

a milkshake (one word). Contrast: milk (plain), hot chocolate (hot). Cold + sweet.

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