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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [kreem]
- /krim/
- /kriːm/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kreem]
- /krim/
Definitions of cream word
- uncountable noun cream Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts. 3
- uncountable noun cream Cream is used in the names of soups that contain cream or milk. 3
- variable noun cream A cream is a substance that you rub into your skin, for example to keep it soft or to heal or protect it. 3
- colour cream Something that is cream is yellowish-white in colour. 3
- singular noun cream Cream is used in expressions such as the cream of society and the cream of British athletes to refer to the best people or things of a particular kind. 3
- noun cream the fatty part of milk, which rises to the top if the milk is allowed to stand 3
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Origin of cream
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English creme < Anglo-French, Old French cresme < Late Latin chrīsma chrism
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Parts of speech for Cream
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cream popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cream usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cream
noun cream
- ointment — a soft, unctuous preparation, often medicated, for application to the skin; unguent.
- paste — copy and paste
- jelly — a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
- unction — the manifestation of spiritual or religious inspiration.
- liniment — a liquid or semiliquid preparation for rubbing on or applying to the skin, as for sprains or bruises, usually soothing or counterirritating.
verb cream
- defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- thrash — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- hammer — Armand, 1898–1990, U.S. businessman and art patron.
- clobber — You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
- demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
adjective cream
- select — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- recherche — sought out with care.
- picker — someone or something that picks.
- weeded — a valueless plant growing wild, especially one that grows on cultivated ground to the exclusion or injury of the desired crop.
- world-class — ranking among the world's best; outstanding: a world-class orchestra.
Antonyms for cream
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