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# udder

noun (an udder, udders)

«udder» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/udder/#m1)
2. Milk comes out of the teats on the udder when a calf drinks or when the animal is milked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/udder/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/udder/#x1)
- A cow's udder has four teats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/udder/#x2)
- The calf drank milk from its mother's udder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/udder/#x3)
- Goats have udders with two teats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/udder/#x4)
- The milking machine attaches to the udder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/udder/#x5)
- The cow's udder was full and heavy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/udder/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «udder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/udder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«udder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/udder.html) on Mova free.