cream

CEFRA1

/kɹiːm/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    The thick, pale part of milk used in cooking.

  2. 02

    noun

    A soft substance spread on the skin.

Examples

  • There is nothing like summer and ice cream.

  • We had strawberries and cream for dessert.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

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noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.

  3. A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer.

More examples

In context

  • You shouldn't have eaten so much ice cream.

  • I take my coffee with two cream and three sugar.

  • Take 100 ml of cream and 50 grams of sugar…

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English creime, creme, from Old French creme, cresme, blend of Late Latin chrisma (“ointment”) (from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “unguent”)), and Late Latin crāmum (“cream”), from Gaulish *crama (compare Welsh cramen (“scab, skin”), Breton crammen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama- (compare Middle Irish screm (“surface, skin”), Dutch schram (“abrasion”), Lithuanian kramas (“scurf”)). Doublet of crema and crème. Displaced native Old English rēam (“cream”) (> modern ream). Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" appears from 1581. Verb meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial. The U.S. standard of identity is from 21 CFR 131.3(a).