cream: translation
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noun
1 fatty part of milk
ADJECTIVE
▪ clotted, thick, whipped
▪ double (BrE), heavy (AmE)
▪ single (BrE)
▪ fresh
▪ sour, soured
▪ sweet (AmE)
▪ pouring (BrE), whipping
… OF CREAM
▪ dollop
▪ She piled great dollops of cream onto her apple pie.
VERB + CREAM
▪ beat, whip, whisk
▪ Whisk the cream and sugar together.
▪ fill sth with, serve sth with, top sth with
▪ Fill the meringues with whipped cream.
CREAM + VERB
▪ go off (BrE)
CREAM + NOUN
▪ bun (BrE), cake (BrE), cheese, puff, sauce
▪ tea (= a meal of tea with scones with jam and cream) (BrE)
PHRASES
▪ and cream, with cream
▪ We had strawberries and cream for dessert.
2 substance that you rub into your skin
ADJECTIVE
▪ face, hand
▪ day, night
▪ She was massaging night cream into her face and neck.
▪ anti-wrinkle, barrier, cleansing, moisturizing, shaving, sun (esp.BrE)
▪ antibiotic, anti-fungal, antiseptic, steroid
▪ topical
▪ a topical antibiotic cream
▪ over-the-counter (esp. AmE)
VERB + CREAM
▪ apply, massage, put on
▪ Put a little antiseptic cream on the grazed skin.
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verb
Cream is used with these nouns as the object: ↑butter, ↑margarine