cream
IPA: krˈim
noun
- The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
- (standards of identity, US) The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.
- (standards of identity, UK) The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
- (tea and coffee) A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer.
- A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream.
- (informal) Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
- (figuratively) The best part of something.
- (medicine) A viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
- (vulgar, slang) Semen.
- (obsolete) The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.
verb
- To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
- To turn a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream.
- (slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
- (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate (used of either gender).
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate in (clothing or a bodily orifice).
- (transitive, cooking) To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
- (transitive) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
- (transitive, figurative) To take off the best or choicest part of.
- (transitive) To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
- (intransitive) To gather or form cream.
adjective
- Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.
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Examples of "cream" in Sentences
- I ate waffle with cream.
- The cream is on the cake.
- Scald milk and add sour cream.
- The belly is cream and the iris is golden.
- The color of the mushroom is white to cream.
- The melange is made usually with cream, not milk.
- The word cream is related to the word chrism, to anoint.
- Lisa -- Sour cream is a much better solution than mayonnaise.
- First, place the vanilla ice cream in a blender and add the milk.
- A First place the vanilla ice cream in a blender and add the milk.
- Milk and cream were forbears for modern day emulsion type defoamers.
- A thickening of flour and milk or cream is made and added to the broth.
- Ice cream man: Ok, that'll be $9.47. * hands them all their ice cream* Joe:
- Is there a better example of truth in advertising than the name cream puffs?
- The Philadelphia brand has over time become synonymous with the word cream cheese.
- Sometimes it goes by the name country gravy or white gravy, but in Texas we always call it cream gravy.
- The real health problem with Ben & Jerry's ice cream is the (natural) cream, which is high in saturated fat and promotes heart disease.
- I debated between using the black or grey where the cream is, but the cream is a little heavier, and I thought would be stronger & hang better.
- I agree with both Marjorie and Paul in their tips to handle the tortillas, first the light frying then the dipping in the tomatillo green sauce and the use of Media Crema by Nestle 'instead of sour cream is the version my husbands family from South Texas/Mexico border area always uses.
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