CREAM


Meaning of CREAM in English

vt to furnish with, or as with, cream.

2. cream ·vt to take off the best or choicest part of.

3. cream ·vt to skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.

4. cream ·noun a cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.

5. cream ·noun the part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface.

6. cream ·noun a delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, ·etc., or so as to resemble cream.

7. cream ·noun the best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures.

8. cream ·vi to form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle.

9. cream ·noun the rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. it is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.

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