Cream Kriːm Yellow Substance Noun Strawberries Dessert Whipped

• we had strawberries and cream for dessert.
• whipped cream
• a dollop of fresh cream
• scones with cream and jam

cream

1. the thick white or pale yellow fatty liquid that rises to the top of milk, used in cooking or as a type of sauce to put on fruit, etc.
• SEE ALSO clotted cream
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/clotted-cream
• We had strawberries and cream for dessert.
• whipped cream
• a dollop of fresh cream
• scones with cream and jam
• I asked for two coffees with cream.
• Would you like milk or cream in your coffee?
• cream cakes (= containing cream)

Extra Examples

• She piled great dollops of cream onto her apple pie.
• This cream's gone off!
• Whisk the cream and icing sugar together.
2. a sweet that has a soft substance like cream inside
• a chocolate/peppermint cream
3. a soft substance or thick liquid used on your skin to protect it or make it feel soft; a similar substance used for cleaning things
• SEE ALSO cold cream
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cold-cream
• moisturizing cream
• Put a little antiseptic cream on the grazed skin.
• a topical antibiotic cream
• anti-wrinkle/anti-ageing cream
• a cream cleaner
4. a pale colour between yellow and white
• Do you have this blouse in cream?
• an eye-catching outfit of cream and black
• a warm yellow shade of cream
5. the best people or things in a particular group
• the cream of New York society
• the cream of the crop of this season’s movies
6. very pleased with yourself
• SYNONYM smug
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/smug
• She looked like a cat that’s got the cream. She was almost purring with pleasure.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French cresme, from a blend of late Latin cramum (probably of Gaulish origin) and ecclesiastical Latin chrisma, from Greek khrisma ‘anointing’, from khriein ‘anoint’.