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milk powder/dry milk powder

English translation: the same

14:39 Jul 15, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Food & Drink / milk
English term or phrase: milk powder/dry milk powder
It's not a technical question. I just need knowledge of an English mothertongue speaker. Are "milk powder" and "dry milk powder" the same thing? Does that "dry" add something to the milk powder or are they equivalent?
Thank you
Annamaria Leone
Ireland
Local time: 05:57
Selected answer:the same
Explanation:
it seems to me they must be the same - there isn't any sort of powder that isn't dry.
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Armorel Young
Local time: 05:57
Grading comment
Thank you so much. It was what I thought but It seemd strange to me that both the expressions where used in the same line of an ingredient label.
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4 +14the same
Armorel Young
4 +5milk powder/dry milk
RINA LINGUISTIC SERVICES, Katarina Radojevic- Mitrovic
4powdered milk
Charlesp


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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +14
the same


Explanation:
it seems to me they must be the same - there isn't any sort of powder that isn't dry.

Armorel Young
Local time: 05:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you so much. It was what I thought but It seemd strange to me that both the expressions where used in the same line of an ingredient label.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JaneTranslates
3 mins
agree  NancyLynn
6 mins
agree  giogi
10 mins
agree  Nick Lingris: And there's also "dried milk powder". 'Dry' or 'dried' are redundant leftovers of (powder of) dry/dried milk.
12 mins
agree  lindaellen (X)
16 mins
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
26 mins
agree  Can Altinbay: ...unless you spill some water on it. :)
36 mins
  -> "to keep one's powder dry" is of course a recognised expression - but that takes us away from milk to gunpowder :-)
agree  Jörgen Slet
1 hr
agree  Tony M: I'm more used to seeing 'dried milk powder'
1 hr
agree  airmailrpl: Results 1 - 30 of about 168,000 English pages for "powdered milk".
1 hr
agree  jennifer newsome (X)
3 hrs
agree  pearl1: powdered milk
13 hrs
agree  Bianca Jacobsohn: Known more commonly as "milk powder" or, as Pearl1 noted, "powdered milk"
22 hrs
agree  Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
3 days 35 mins
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
milk powder/dry milk


Explanation:
Noun
1. dehydrated milk
(synonym) powdered milk, dry milk, dried milk

I think it is needless to use "dry" milk powder, just dry milk or milk powder, or dehydrated milk etc.

RINA LINGUISTIC SERVICES, Katarina Radojevic- Mitrovic
Serbia
Local time: 06:57
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Can Altinbay
22 mins
  -> Many thanks, dear Can!
agree  Jörgen Slet
1 hr
  -> thanks once again
neutral  Tony M: All OK, but 'dry milk' seems to be very US; in UK we'd more likely say 'dried milk'//Just highlighting my UK perspective, and the fact that there is a difference in usage. Even USDA advises food labelling changes for 'dry milk' when exporting to the UK
1 hr
  -> do you object to dictionary or what?I cannot see that it is specified:US or UK English (in the question).
agree  airmailrpl: Results 1 - 30 of about 255,000 English pages for "dry milk".
1 hr
  -> Thank you very much, airmailrpl! This is really helpful.
agree  Lamberto Victorica
6 hrs
  -> thanks a lot :)
agree  Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
3 days 21 mins
  -> thanks, Saleh :)
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1 day 11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
powdered milk


Explanation:
dry milk (without the powder) might be ok, but "powdered milk" is a better expression. Though it depends upon the actual sentence in which it is used.

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 06:57
Native speaker of: English
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