milk bank

American

noun

a place for collection and storage of human milk for dispensing to those who require it, as for infants who are allergic to cows' milk and whose mothers' milk is unavailable.

Etymology

Origin of milk bank

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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Because the families she’s helping don’t want to risk going to a hospital or milk bank, Bri tries to handle the milk and donations carefully to reduce the risks.

From Salon

ATTA’s goal is to set up a full-fledged breast milk bank with the ability to pasteurize.

From Seattle Times

A UNICEF-funded milk bank in Poland set up for mothers in crisis came to the rescue of Evgeniya Loshkarova last September, giving Denis access to milk and his mother psychological support and lactation advice.

From Reuters

Loshkarova, who had been found unconscious by the police in her Warsaw apartment in her seventh month of pregnancy after a friend raised the alarm, is grateful to the U.N.-backed milk bank in Poland, which has taken in hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who fled Russia's invasion.

From Reuters

Denis was probably nourished with the milk of Karolina Dabik, 37, a former Polish health and safety worker who has donated to the milk bank since August 2022, two months after giving birth to her son.

From Reuters

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