creamlike

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cream (kriːm)

—n
1.	a. the fatty part of milk, which rises to the top if the milk is allowed to stand
	b. (as modifier): cream buns
2.	anything resembling cream in consistency: shoe cream; beauty cream
3.	the best one or most essential part of something; pick: the cream of the bunch; the cream of the joke
4.	a soup containing cream or milk: cream of chicken soup
5.	any of various dishes, cakes, biscuits, etc, resembling or containing cream
6.	a confection made of fondant or soft fudge, often covered in chocolate
7.	cream sherry a full-bodied sweet sherry
8.	a. a yellowish-white colour
	b. (as adjective): cream wallpaper

—vb (sometimes foll by off)
9.	(tr) to skim or otherwise separate the cream from (milk)
10.	(tr) to beat (foodstuffs, esp butter and sugar) to a light creamy consistency
11.	(intr) to form cream
12.	(tr) to add or apply cream or any creamlike substance to: to cream one's face; to cream coffee
13.	to take away the best part of
14.	(tr) to prepare or cook (vegetables, chicken, etc) with cream or milk
15.	to allow (milk) to form a layer of cream on its surface or (of milk) to form such a layer
16.	slang chiefly (US), (Canadian), (Austral) (tr) to beat thoroughly
17.	slang (intr) (of a man) to ejaculate during orgasm

[C14: from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crāmum cream, of Celtic origin; influenced by Church Latin chrisma unction, chrism]

'creamlike

—*adj*

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