cream

noun

The butterfat or 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).

A yellowish white color; the color of cream.

(tea and coffee) A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer.

(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 or fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)

A dish prepared through creaming, particularly cream of

(slang, vulgar) Semen.

(obsolete) The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.

verb

(transitive, cooking) To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.

(transitive) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.

(transitive) To furnish with, or as if with, cream.

(intransitive) To gather or form cream.

(transitive) To turn a yellowish white color; to give something the color of cream.

(transitive) To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.

(transitive, figurative) To take off the best or choicest part of.

(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate (used of either gender).

(transitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate in (clothing or a bodily orifice).

(transitive, slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.

adjective

Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.

Roots

chrismacream- · Greek · anointing oil, unguent

Synonyms for cream

ointmentn emollientn creamyadj buttern lotionn buttermilkn puddingn milkn curdn clabbern

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