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cream/creme

cream (krēm)

Noun

    • The yellowish fatty component of unhomogenised milk that tends to accumulate at the surface.
    • A pale yellow to yellowish white.
    • The choicest part: the cream of the crop.

Verb. creamed, creaming, creams.

Verb. Intransitive

    • To form cream.
    • To form foam or froth at the top.

Verb. Transitive

    • To remove the cream from; skim.
    • To take or remove (the best part): creamed off the highest-paying jobs for her cronies.
    • To beat into a creamy consistency.
    • To prepare or cook in or with a cream sauce.
    • To add cream to.

crème (krēm)

    • The French word for "cream."

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