cream
/kɹiːm/
Dictionary
noun
- The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
"Take 100 ml of cream and 50 grams of sugar…"
- A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream.
- Frosting, custard, creamer or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
- The best part of something.
"the cream of the crop; the cream of a collection of books or pictures"
- A viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
"You look really sunburnt; you should apply some cream."
- Semen.
- The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.
Synonyms:ream
verb
- To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
"Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture."
- To turn a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream.
- To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
"We creamed the opposing team!"
- To ejaculate (used of either gender).
- To ejaculate in (clothing).
- To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
- To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
- To take off the best or choicest part of.
- To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
- To gather or form cream.
adjective
- Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.
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