Synonyms for udder

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uhd-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌd ər

Définition of udder

Origin : Old English udder "milk gland of a cow, goat, etc.," from Proto-Germanic *udr- (cf. Old Frisian and Middle Dutch uder, Old High German utar, German Euter, and, with unexplained change of consonant, Old Norse jugr), from PIE *udhr- (cf. Sanskrit udhar, Greek outhar, Latin uber "udder").

As in breast : noun front of upper body

Example sentences :

If the udder of a milking cow becomes hard and painful, it should be fomented with warm water and rubbed with a gentle hand.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

The glandular forms by far the largest portion of the udder.
Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings

After calving, some cracks and sores appear in the udder; they get very troublesome.
Extract from : « Cattle and Cattle-breeders » by William M'Combie

Garget in the udder, or weed, is also to be guarded against.
Extract from : « Cattle and Cattle-breeders » by William M'Combie

You might say now, though, that the tests have been an udder failure.
Extract from : « Make Mine Homogenized » by Rick Raphael

Cows are exceedingly liable to tuberculous disease of the udder.
Extract from : « Papers on Health » by John Kirk

Of these, the udder is held as hardly second to the tongue in delicacy.
Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX » by Various

The heat does not cook the curd in the vat any more than it cooks the milk in the cow's udder.
Extract from : « Hints on Dairying » by T. D. Curtis

The udder should be soft and fleshless when empty, and extend high up in the rear.
Extract from : « Hints on Dairying » by T. D. Curtis

Not a drop, if it can be avoided, should be left in the udder.
Extract from : « Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million » by Sarah Josepha Hale

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