cream
Other forms: creams; creamed; creaming
Cream is the part of milk that's especially rich, creamy, and fatty. Many people like to add cream to their coffee.
Heavy cream can be whipped until it's thick, and light cream might be added to a soup or sauce to add richness. Another kind of cream is a thick lotion, like a skin cream or a night cream. When you cream ingredients together, you mix them until they're fluffy. Calling someone "the cream of the crop," means they're the very best at what they do, and when you cream someone in a game of tennis, you win easily.
Definitions of cream
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the part of milk containing the butterfat
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Devonshire cream, clotted cream
thick cream made from scalded milk
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double creme, heavy whipping cream
cream with a fat content of 48% or more
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heavy cream
contains more than 36% butterfat
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coffee cream, light cream, single cream
cream that has at least 18% butterfat
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sour cream, soured cream
artificially soured light cream
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light whipping cream, whipping cream
cream that has enough butterfat (30% to 36%) to be whipped
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dairy product
milk and butter and cheese
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add cream to one's coffee, for example
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modify
make less severe or harsh or extreme
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modify
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remove from the surface
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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
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cold cream, coldcream, face cream, vanishing cream
a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin
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hand cream
moisturizing cream for the hands
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lanolin
an emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep)
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nard, spikenard
an aromatic ointment used in antiquity
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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
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toilet articles, toiletry
artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body)
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put on cream, as on one's face or body
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the best people or things in a group“the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War”
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pick
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elite, elite group
a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
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elite, elite group
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make creamy by beating
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beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
Pronunciation
US
/krim/
UK
/krim/
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