Kilo Lingo

/kriːm/

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Coloured illustration of cream
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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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This word is part of lesson 28.