1 [U] the thick pale yellowish-white FATTY liquid that rises to the top of milk, used in cooking or as a type of sauce to put on fruit, etc:
strawberries and cream * Would you like milk or cream in your coffee? * fresh / whipped cream * (BrE) cream cakes (= containing cream) * (BrE) double / single (= thick / thin cream)
seealsoBUTTERCREAM, CLOTTEDCREAM, ICECREAM, SALADCREAM, SOURCREAM, WHIPPINGCREAM
2 [C] (in compounds) a sweet/candy that has a soft substance like cream inside:
a chocolate / peppermint cream
3 [U,C] 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:
hand / moisturizing cream * antiseptic cream * a cream cleaner
seealsoCOLDCREAM, FACECREAM, SHAVINGCREAM
4 [U] a pale yellowish-white colour:
Do you have this blouse in cream?
5 the ~ of sth 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
IDIOMS see CAT
adjective pale yellowish-white in colour:
a cream linen suit
verb [VN]
1 to mix things together into a soft smooth mixture:
Cream the butter and sugar together.
2 (AmE, informal) to completely defeat sb:
We got creamed in the first round.
PHRASALVERBS
cream sb/sth<->off to take sth away, usually the best people or things or an amount of money, in order to get an advantage for yourself:
The best students were creamed off by the grammar schools.
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