cream
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cream/kriːm/
▶noun
- 1 the thick white or pale yellow fatty liquid which rises to the top when milk is left to stand.
■ a sauce, soup, dessert, or other food containing cream or having the consistency of cream.
- 2 a thick liquid or semi-solid cosmetic or medical preparation.
- 3 the very best of a group of people or things: the cream of American society.
- 4 a very pale yellow or off-white colour.
- 1 work (butter) to form a smooth soft paste.
■ mash (a cooked vegetable) and mix with milk or cream.
■ add cream to (coffee).
- 2 (cream something off) take away the best part of a group of people or things.
- 3 rub a cosmetic cream into (the skin).
- 4 informal, chiefly N. Amer. defeat heavily.
■ hit or beat.
'cream' also found in these Oxford entries:
à la mode
- Alfredo
- baked Alaska
- baking powder
- banana split
- banoffi pie
- barrier cream
- bavarois
- Birman
- Black Forest gateau
- blini
- Bourbon
- brown bear
- Brylcreem
- bugbane
- butter
- butterfly
- carbonara
- cassata
- Chantilly cream
- cheesecake
- choc ice
- choux pastry
- churn
- clotted cream
- cold cream
- cone
- cornet
- courser
- cream cheese
- cream cracker
- creamer
- cream puff
- cream sherry
- cream soda
- cream tea
- creamware
- creamy
- crema
- creme
- crème anglaise
- crème brûlée
- crème caramel
- crème de la crème
- crème de menthe
- crème fraiche
- custard cream
- depilatory
- double cream
