/kriːm/
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Translation
The thick, rich part of milk, often eaten with fruit or cake.
Word origin
From Old French cresme, which mixed Late Latin cramum with chrisma, an oil used in church.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- cresme
Examples
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"Cream" is uncountable, so it has no plural here.
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Cream is thicker and richer than milk.
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Beaten cream is called "whipped cream".
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