noun
- the thick white or pale yellow fatty liquid that rises to the top of milk
- a thick liquid or soft solid used to improve the skin or as medicine
- the best part of something
Usage: figurative
verb
- to beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy
- to defeat decisively
Usage: cooking
Usage: informal
adjective
- having a pale yellowish-white color
Examples
- She poured cream into her coffee.
- Apply the cream to your hands twice daily.
- The school attracts the cream of young musicians.
- Cream the butter and sugar before adding the eggs.
- Our team got creamed in the championship game.
- She wore a cream-colored dress to the wedding.
- The recipe calls for heavy cream.
- He used sunscreen cream at the beach.