[kreem] 
| 1. | the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized. |
| 2. | a soft solid or thick liquid containing medicaments or other specific ingredients, applied externally for a prophylactic, therapeutic, or cosmetic purpose. |
| 3. | Usually, creams. a soft-centered confection of fondant or fudge coated with chocolate. |
| 4. | a purée or soup containing cream or milk: cream of tomato soup. |
| 5. | the best part of anything: the cream of society. |
| 6. | a yellowish white; light tint of yellow or buff. |
| 7. | to form cream. |
| 8. | to froth; foam. |
| 9. | Informal. to advance or favor only the wealthiest, most skilled or talented, etc., esp. so as to reap the benefits oneself: Management is creaming by advancing only the most productive workers. |
| 10. | Also, cream one's jeans. Slang: Vulgar.
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| 11. | to work (butter and sugar, or the like) to a smooth, creamy mass. |
| 12. | to prepare (chicken, oysters, vegetables, etc.) with cream, milk, or a cream sauce. |
| 13. | to allow (milk) to form cream. |
| 14. | to skim (milk). |
| 15. | to separate as cream. |
| 16. | to take the cream or best part of. |
| 17. | to use a cosmetic cream on. |
| 18. | to add cream to (tea, coffee, etc.). |
| 19. | Slang.
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| 20. | of the color cream; cream-colored. |
| 21. | cream of the crop, the best or choicest: a college that accepts only students who are the cream of the crop. |
| Main Entry: | cream of the crop |
| Part of Speech: | n phr |
| Definition: | the very best from a selection or group |
| Example: | That tomato sauce is considered to be the cream of the crop. |
| Etymology: | from cream's rising to the top of fresh milk |
cream
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cream (krēm)
n.
The yellowish fatty component of unhomogenized milk that tends to accumulate at the surface.
A pharmaceutical preparation consisting of a semisolid emulsion of either the oil-in-water or the water-in-oil type, ordinarily intended for topical use.
