cream

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cream

1	n v	the part of milk containing the butterfat add cream to one's coffee, for example
2	n v	toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin put on cream, as on one's face or body
3	n	the best people or things in a group
4	v	make creamy by beating
5	v	beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cream

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; Devonshire cream, clotted cream
thick cream made from scalded milk; double creme, heavy whipping cream
cream with a fat content of 48% or more; heavy cream
contains more than 36% butterfat; coffee cream, light cream, single cream
cream that has at least 18% butterfat; sour cream, soured cream
artificially soured light cream; light whipping cream, whipping cream
cream that has enough butterfat (30% to 36%) to be whipped

“skim cream from the surface of milk”

Type of:: remove, take, take away, withdraw
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; cold cream, coldcream, face cream, vanishing cream
a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin; hand cream
moisturizing cream for the hands; lanolin
an emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep); nard, spikenard
an aromatic ointment used in antiquity; sun blocker, sunblock, sunscreen
a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn

Type of:: toilet articles, toiletry
artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body)

“She creams her face every night”

“the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War”

Type of:: elite, elite group
a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

“Cream the butter”

Type of:: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

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