cream
The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the topThe butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
» We have run out of cream.
Uns ist die Sahne ausgegangen. — samueldora
У нас закінчилися вершки. — deniko
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11 senses(countable, uncountable)The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
Take 100 ml of cream and 50 grams of sugar…
the part of milk containing the butterfat
The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
(US, countable, uncountable)The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.
(UK, countable, uncountable)The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
(countable, uncountable)A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer.
I take my coffee with two cream and three sugar.
(countable, uncountable)A yellowish white color; the color of cream.
(countable, informal, uncountable)Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
(countable, uncountable)A dish prepared through creaming, particularly cream of
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)The best part of something.
the cream of the crop
the cream of a collection of books or pictures
Creme, Kreme, Sahnestück
сли́вкиslívki
смета́наsmetána, вершки́veršký
the best people or things in a group
(countable, uncountable)A viscous aqueous oil or fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
You look really sunburnt; you should apply some cream.
Creme, Kreme
кремkrem, мазьmazʹ
мазьmazʹ, мастьmastʹ, кремkrem
(countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar)Semen.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.
Examples
1078 sentencesWe have run out of cream.
У нас закінчилися вершки. — deniko
deUns ist die Sahne ausgegangen. — samueldora
Coffee, please, with cream and sugar.
Каву із вершками та цукром, будь ласка. — deniko
ruПожалуйста, кофе со сливками и сахаром. — soweli_Elepanto
deEinen Kaffee mit Zucker und Kaffeesahne, bitte. — lilygilder
I don't care for ice cream.
Мені не подобається морозиво. — deniko
deIch hab für Eis nichts übrig. — Vortarulo
I put cream in my coffee.
Я додаю вершки до кави. — deniko
deIch tue Sahne in meinen Kaffee. — Yorwba
I brought you some ice cream.
Я приніс тобі морозива. — deniko
ruЯ принёс тебе мороженого. — marafon
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English creime, creme, from Old French creme, cresme, blend of Late Latin chriFrom Middle English creime, creme, from Old French creme, cresme, blend of Late Latin chrisma (“ointment”) (from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “unguent”)), and Late Latin crāmum (“cream”), from Gaulish *crama (compare Welsh cramen (“scab, skin”), Breton crammen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama- (compare Middle Irish screm (“surface, skin”), Dutch schram (“abrasion”), Lithuanian kramas (“scurf”)). Doublet of crema and crème. Displaced native Old English rēam (“cream”) (> modern ream).
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Forms
plural: creamsSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
99 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- ice cream
- chocolate ice cream
- some ice cream
- the ice cream
- eat ice cream
- of ice cream
- much ice cream
- vanilla ice cream
- ice cream for
- like ice cream
- strawberry ice cream
- cream for dessert
See also
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