Cream

Quick meaning: Cream is a noun meaning The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

Meaning

The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

More Meanings

1. A yellowish white color; the color of cream.
2. (informal) Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
3. A dish prepared through creaming, particularly cream of
4. (figuratively) The best part of something.
5. (medicine) A viscous aqueous oil or fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
6. (slang, vulgar) Semen.
7. (obsolete) The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.

Example Sentences

the cream of the crop

Take 100 ml of cream and 50 grams of sugar…

the cream of a collection of books or pictures

Welcome, O flower and cream of Knights-errant.

Word Forms

• creams
• creme
• creyme
• creaming
• creamed

Synonyms for cream

Depending on context, synonyms include creme, ream, emollient, skim, pick, ointment.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include soupy, ointment, emollient, pick, thick, skim.

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