udder

B1 Topic:Animals

US /ˈʌdər/ UK /ˈʌdə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the mammary gland of female cattle and other mammals, which produces milk

The farmer checked the cow's udder to ensure it was healthy.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the mammary gland of female... teatmilk glandmammary glanddairy gland

Etymology

From Old English ūder, from Proto-Germanic *ūdraz, through Middle English to Modern English udder, the milk-producing mammary gland of female quadrupeds.

Topics

Animals

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# udder

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈʌdər/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈʌdə/

## Meanings
1. the mammary gland of female cattle and other mammals, which produces milk

## Examples
- The farmer checked the cow's udder to ensure it was healthy.

## Synonyms
- teat
- milk gland
- mammary gland
- dairy gland

## Etymology
From Old English ūder, from Proto-Germanic *ūdraz, through Middle English to Modern English udder, the milk-producing mammary gland of female quadrupeds.

## AI Etymology
Udder comes from Old English ūder, from Proto-Germanic *ūdraz, through Middle English to Modern English udder, the milk-producing mammary gland of female quadrupeds. In current use it is a noun meaning "the mammary gland of female cattle and other mammals, which produces milk". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The history is mainly one of transmission into English, with the older form and sense carried through borrowing or adaptation. For dictionary purposes, the important point is the continuity between the older form, the route into English, and the present lexical sense.

## Topics
- Animals

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