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DictionarycreamRich part of milk
noun / verb / adjective

cream

KREEM/kriːm/

The rich fatty layer of milk.

Thick cream fills a jug and a bowl beside strawberries.

Thick dairy cream in jug and bowl with strawberries.
Etymology
creamOld Frenchchrism, holy oil

Cresme blends words for ointment and cream. Its dairy meaning comes from Latin cramum, “cream,” whose earlier origin is uncertain, perhaps Gaulish.

In context

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I'll gently shake the milk unless you want to eat the cream off the top
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More examples

  • Cream rises to the top of unhomogenized milk.
  • She adds a splash of cream to her coffee.
  • We whip the cream until it forms soft peaks.

Forms

cream

creamy adjective — Rich and smooth like dairy cream.