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creamer

cream·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kree-mer]
    • /ˈkri mər/
    • /ˈkriː.mər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kree-mer]
    • /ˈkri mər/

Definitions of creamer word

  • variable noun creamer Creamer is a white powder that is used in tea and coffee instead of milk. 3
  • countable noun creamer A creamer is a small jug used for pouring cream or milk. 3
  • noun creamer a vessel or device for separating cream from milk 3
  • noun creamer a powdered substitute for cream, used in coffee 3
  • noun creamer a small jug or pitcher for serving cream 3
  • noun creamer a small pitcher for cream 3

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Origin of creamer

First appearance:

before 1855
One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60; cream + -er1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Creamer

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

creamer popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% 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".

creamer usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for creamer

noun creamer

  • tan — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
  • cream — Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts.
  • fawn — a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
  • mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
  • neutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.

adj creamer

  • topnotch — first-rate: a topnotch job.
  • outstanding — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • prime — of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
  • champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
  • top — Technical/Office Protocol

adjective creamer

Antonyms for creamer

adj creamer

  • worst — in ill health; sick: He felt badly.
  • lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
  • poor — having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
  • least — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
  • unpopular — not popular; disliked or ignored by the public or by persons generally.

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