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Meaning in simple English
US /kriːm/
cream means: The thick, fatty part of milk, used in cooking or added to food and drinks.
noun
The thick, fatty part of milk, used in cooking or added to food and drinks.
- Would you like some cream?
- She poured cream over the strawberries.
- We served the cake with whipped cream.
A smooth, oily substance put on the skin to soften it or treat a problem.
- This cream makes my hands soft.
- Rub a little cream onto the dry skin.
- Which face cream do you use?
A pale colour that is white with a little yellow in it.
- I prefer cream to white.
- We painted the bedroom walls cream.
- The curtains came in blue, green, and cream.
A smooth substance containing medicine that you put on your skin to treat a problem.
- The doctor gave me a cream.
- Apply this cream to the rash twice daily.
- The cream stopped the itching after a few days.
The best people or things in a group.
- These players are the cream of the club.
- The school attracts the cream of local talent.
- Only the cream of the crop reached the final.
A small serving of the fatty part of milk, usually for adding to coffee.
- I'd like two cream with my coffee.
- She asked for an extra cream.
- He ordered a coffee with one cream and two sugars.
adjective
Having a pale colour that is white with a little yellow in it.
- She wore a cream dress.
- The kitchen has cream walls and blue cupboards.
- We bought a pale cream carpet for the bedroom.
verb
To mix or crush food until it becomes smooth and thick or liquid.
- Cream the vegetables until smooth.
- She creamed the potatoes with warm milk.
- Cream the mixture in a blender before serving.
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