cream

Meaning of cream

noun
  1. the thick white or pale yellow fatty liquid which rises to the top when milk is left to stand and which can be eaten as an accompaniment to desserts or used as a cooking ingredient.
    strawberries and cream
    a cream cake
  2. a thick liquid or semi-solid cosmetic or medical preparation applied to the skin.
    shaving cream
    moisturizing creams
  3. the very best of a group of people or things.
    the paper's readership is the cream of American society
  4. a very pale yellow or off-white colour.
    the dress is available in white or cream
    a cream linen jacket
verb
  1. work (two or more ingredients, typically butter and sugar) together to form a creamy paste.
    you cream the butter first and then add the egg yolks
  2. rub a cosmetic cream into (the skin).
    Madge was creaming her face in front of the mirror
  3. defeat (someone) heavily in a sporting contest.
    on paper, England should have creamed Scotland
  4. (of a person) be sexually aroused to the point of producing sexual secretions.

Middle English: from Old French cresme, from a blend of late Latin cramum (probably of Gaulish origin) and ecclesiastical Latin chrisma (see chrism).

Information about cream

Hyphenation of cream

cream

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • cream is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

cream synonyms

Meaning pick:

pick

Meaning ointment:

ointment, emollient

Meaning bat:

bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick

Meaning skim:

skim

Meaning a thick, smooth liquid preparation designed to be applied to the skin for medicinal or cosmetic purposes:

lotion

Meaning an act of rubbing:

rub

Meaning a preparation applied to the body, especially the face, to improve its appearance:

cosmetic

Meaning a medicinal substance applied to the skin:

application

Meaning a substance that is specially made up, especially a medicine or food:

preparation

Meaning a cosmetic preparation used to prevent dryness in the skin:

moisturizer

Meaning a thick, soft, moist substance typically produced by mixing dry ingredients with a liquid:

paste

Meaning a a thick, clear, slightly sticky substance, especially one used in cosmetic or medicinal products:

gel

Meaning an ointment used to promote healing of the skin or as protection:

salve

Meaning a soft greasy or viscous substance used as ointment or for lubrication:

unguent

Meaning a liquid for rubbing on the body to relieve pain from sprains and strains:

embrocation

Meaning a fragrant cream or liquid used to heal or soothe the skin:

balm

Meaning an embrocation for rubbing on the body to relieve pain, especially one made with oil:

liniment

Meaning a scented ointment or oil applied to the hair:

pomade

Meaning the action of anointing someone with oil or ointment as a religious rite or as a symbol of investiture as a monarch:

unction

Meaning that which is the most excellent, outstanding, or desirable:

best

Meaning of very high quality; very good of its kind:

finest

Meaning the highest or uppermost point, part, or surface of something:

top, tops

Meaning an act of choosing between two or more possibilities:

choice

Meaning (especially of food) of very good quality:

choicest

Meaning the finest individuals out of a number of people or things:

flower

Meaning a thing given as a reward to the winner of a competition or in recognition of an outstanding achievement:

prize

Meaning a quantity of precious metals, gems, or other valuable objects:

treasure

Meaning a hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish-grey, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusc and highly prized as a gem:

pearl

Meaning an outstanding person or thing:

gem

Meaning a very pleasing or valued person or thing; a very fine example:

jewel

Meaning a select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society:

elite

Meaning people who are chosen or singled out:

elect

Meaning an unrivalled or matchless person or thing:

nonpareil

Meaning resembling cream in consistency or colour:

creamy

Meaning a hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, walrus, or narwhal, often (especially formerly) used to make ornaments and other articles:

ivory

Meaning pearly kings and queens:

pearly

cream antonyms

Meaning the remnants of a liquid left in a container, together with any sediment:

dregs

Translation of cream

Anagrams of cream

Carme, Ceram, crame, macer, McRae, Merca

Words that rhyme with cream

ream, Bream, bream, Lipocream, ProctoCream, Vanicream, acream, coldcream, decream, outscream, overscream, scream, suncream, uncream, buttercream, Dream, adream, daydream, dream, outdream, overdream, pipedream, redream, widdendream, fream, underream, Clickstream, Coldstream, Heartstream, Lifestream, airstream, amidstream, astream, bestream, bloodstream, clickstream, counterstream, distream, downstream, headstream, interstream, jetstream, mainstream, midstream, millstream, nonmainstream, onstream, outstream, overstream, restream

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