cream
The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
Example
“Take 100 ml of cream and 50 grams of sugar…”
Other meanings
A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer.
A yellowish white color; the color of cream.
A kind of
- dairy product
Kinds of cream
- heavy cream
- light cream
- sour cream
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "crāmum".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “cream” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.