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green top en · NOUN
Meanings
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(UK, countable, from supermarkets, uncountable) Milk of the kind sold with a green top, or a bottle thereof. ▸ Semi-skimmed milk
Red top milk is in and green top milk is out, according to Guernsey Dairy, which has seen sales of full fat milk increase by 30% since 2019.
2026 March 29, Julia Gregory, “Sales of full fat milk on the rise, say producers”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2026:
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(England, UK, Wales, countable, from delivery, uncountable) Milk of the kind sold with a green top, or a bottle thereof. ▸ Unpasteurized full-cream milk.
Green-top (untreated raw retail liquid milk) production is closely monitored by on-farm checks.
1989, Michael A. Hollingham, Richard W. Howarth, British Milk Marketing and the Common Agricultural Policy: The Origins of Confusion and Crisis, Gower Publishing Company, Limited:
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(countable) A pitch with abundant visible grass.
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gold top · silver top