cream

cream1 [ krim ] noun **

1. ) uncount a thick yellow-white liquid taken from the top of milk:

peaches and cream

Would you like cream or ice cream with your apple pie?

a ) only before noun used about food that contains cream:

fish in cream sauce

cream cakes

b ) cream of something a soup containing cream:

cream of tomato soup

2. ) count or uncount a thick smooth substance that you put on your skin, for example to protect it from the sun:

skin cream

sun cream

antiseptic cream

3. ) uncount a yellow-white color

the cream of someone/something/the crop

the best people or things in a particular group:

the cream of the world's mountain climbers

cream

cream 2 [ krim ] adjective *

yellow-white in color:

a cream skirt

cream

cream 3 [ krim ] verb transitive

1. ) to combine two or more things to form a thick smooth mixture:

creamed potatoes

Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl.

2. ) INFORMAL to defeat someone easily and completely:

We got creamed in last week's game.

,cream `off phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to take the best people or things from a larger group in order to form a smaller special group:

They always cream off all the best students.

2. ) to take a lot of money or profit, especially an unfair amount, in a business deal:

He wondered how much Lawton had creamed off in addition to his share.