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cream / krēm/ • n. 1. the thick white or pale yellow fatty liquid that rises to the top when milk is left to stand and that can be eaten as an accompaniment to desserts or used as a cooking ingredient: [as adj.] a cream sauce. ∎ the part of a liquid that gathers at the top. ∎ fig. the very best of a group of people or things: the paper's readership is the cream of American society. ∎ a sauce, soup, dessert, or similar food containing cream or milk or having the consistency of cream: cream of mushroom soup. ∎ a candy of a specified flavor that is creamy in texture, typically covered with chocolate: a peppermint cream. 2. a thick liquid or semisolid cosmetic or medical preparation applied to the skin: shaving cream. 3. a very pale yellow or off-white color: [as adj.] a cream linen jacket. • v. [tr.] 1. work (butter, typically with sugar) to form a smooth soft paste. ∎ [usu. as adj.] (creamed) mash (a cooked vegetable) and mix with milk or cream: creamed turnips. ∎ add cream to (coffee). 2. rub a cosmetic cream into (the skin). 3. inf. defeat (someone) heavily, esp. in a sports contest. ∎ (often be creamed) hit or collide heavily and violently with (someone), esp. in a car. 4. [intr.] vulgar slang (of a person) be sexually aroused, esp. to the point of producing sexual secretions. ∎ [tr.] moisten (one's underpants) due to such arousal. |
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"cream." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cream." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cream.html "cream." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-cream.html |
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cream Fatty part of milk; 4% of ordinary milk, 4.8% of Channel Islands milk. Half cream is similar to ‘top of the milk’, 12% fat (30‐mL portion supplies 45 kcal (190 kJ), and cannot be whipped or frozen; single cream, 18% fat (60 kcal, 250 kJ), will not whip and cannot be frozen unless included in a frozen dish; extra thick single cream is also 18% fat, but has been homogenized to a thick spoonable consistency; whipping cream, 34% fat (110 kcal, 460 kJ) will whip to double volume; double cream, 48% fat (135 kcal, 570 kJ) will whip and can be frozen; clotted, Devonshire, and Cornish cream contains 55% fat (150 kcal, 630 kJ). Of this fat, two‐thirds is saturated and 30% mono‐unsaturated.
Soured cream is made from single cream; crème fraîche is soured double cream; ‘extra thick double cream’ is also 48% fat, but has been homogenized to be spoonable, and will not whip or freeze successfully. In the USA, light cream is 20–25% fat; heavy cream, 40% fat. |
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DAVID A. BENDER. "cream." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "cream." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-cream.html DAVID A. BENDER. "cream." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-cream.html |
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cream oily part of milk XIV; best or choice part XVI; applied to purified preparations XVII. ME. creme (creym, craym) — OF. creme, craime, cresme (mod. crème), repr. blending of late L. crāmum, crāma (perh. of Gaulish orig.) with late L. chrisma CHRISM.
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T. F. HOAD. "cream." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "cream." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cream.html T. F. HOAD. "cream." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-cream.html |
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cream (kreem) n. a preparation for use on the skin consisting of an emulsion of oil in water, which may or may not contain medication. It rubs into the skin easily, tends to dry the skin, and also contains preservatives, which may be allergenic. Compare ointment.
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"cream." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cream." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-cream.html "cream." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-cream.html |
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•abeam, agleam, beam, blaspheme, bream, cream, deem, deme, downstream, dream, esteem, extreme, gleam, hakim, kilim, meme, midstream, Nîmes, ream, régime, scheme, scream, seam, seem, steam, stream, supreme, team, teem, theme, upstream
•cross-beam • hornbeam • moonbeam
•sunbeam • academe • morpheme
•phoneme • jet stream • airstream
•daydream • mainstream • Brylcreem
•millstream • slipstream
•bloodstream • monotreme
•buttercream • raceme • septime
•centime
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"cream." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "cream." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cream.html "cream." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-cream.html |
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