breast milk
breast milk — noun
1. the natural milk made inside a mother's breasts that provides the best nutrition
the natural milk made inside a mother's breasts that provides the best nutrition for a newborn baby
Renata learned how to express breast milk so her partner could feed the baby at night.
collocation: express breast milk
Breast milk contains antibodies that help protect babies from common ear and chest infections.
breast milk + contains antibodies
The local hospital runs a milk bank where mothers can donate extra breast milk.
Jessica froze several bags of breast milk to keep a good supply for her baby.
Doctors recommend giving only breast milk during the first six months of life.
- mother's milk
more affectionate and personal; common in everyday family talk
- human milk
the formal, medical term used in research and hospital guidelines
- infant formula
a manufactured powder or liquid designed to replace breast milk
- formula
the shorter everyday name for the factory-made alternative