Cream
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- Creme
Noun
cream
- the oily part of milk which rises to the top
- a yellowish white colour; the colour of cream
- the best part. (example: the cream of the crop)
- a product to apply to the skin
Related terms
- See Appendix:Colours
Translations
- Chinese: 奶油
- Dutch: room m (1), crème n (2,4), crèmekleur f (2), crème de la crème (3), zalf (4)
- Esperanto: kremo (1), kremkoloro (2), ungvento (4)
- French: crème f (1,2,3,4), crème de la crème (3), gratin (3), fleur (3), onguent (4)
- Galician: crema
- German: Sahne (1), Obers (1, Austrian), Creme (2-4)
- Indonesian: kepala susu (1), cream (4)
- Interlingua: crema
- Mongolian: цөцгий (tsötsgii)
- Norwegian: fløte
- Persian: سرشیر (sarshir) (1), كرم (kerem) (2,4)
- Portuguese: nata f (1,3); creme m (1,2,4)
- Romanian: smântână f (1), crem (2), cremă (3,4)
- Russian: сливки /slivki/
- Spanish: nata f (1), crema (2,4)
- Turkish: kaymak (1), krem (2?,4)
- Volapük: krem
Adjective
cream
- a yellowish white colour; the colour of cream
Translations
- Chinese: 奶油变色
- Dutch: crèmekleurig, crème
- Esperanto: kremkolora, krema
- French: crème
- Galician: crema
- Interlingua: crema
- Norwegian: fløte farget
- Portuguese: creme m & f, de cor creme
- Persian: كرم (kerem)
- Spanish: de color crema
- Volapük: kremik
Verb
to cream
- to turn into a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream
- to puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
- Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture.
- Slang. To obliterate, to win over someone else quite decisively.
- We creamed the opposing team!
