udder

«udder» in Mova's school dictionary: the bag-like part that hangs under the belly of a female… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an udder, udders)

meaning for a pupil

1) An udder is the bag-like part that hangs under the belly of a female cow, goat or sheep, where milk is made. tree →

2) Milk comes out of the teats on the udder when a calf drinks or when the animal is milked. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and farming lessons, a dairy cow's udder has four teats; farmers milk cows by hand or with milking machines, usually twice a day; the milk is then cooled, tested and taken to the dairy. Pupils learn that cows only make milk after they have had a calf. Phrases: «a full udder», «milk the udder», «cow's udder».

examples

• The farmer washed the cow's udder before milking. tree →
• A cow's udder has four teats. tree →
• The calf drank milk from its mother's udder. tree →
• Goats have udders with two teats. tree →
• The milking machine attaches to the udder. tree →
• The cow's udder was full and heavy. tree →

note

Use «an»: «an udder». Plural «udders». Myth: cows do not make milk all the time without having calves. Do not mix up with «utter» (complete, total: utter nonsense; or to speak), which sounds a bit similar.

In the corpora

• Many cows now walk into a milking robot all by themselves, because it means a tasty snack and a lighter udder.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «udder» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.