Слово англійською: cream

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Переклад cream українською: вершки́, крем, екле́р, смета́на

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cream

noun
/kriːm/
  1. [uncountable] the thick white or pale yellow fatty liquid that rises to the top of milk, used in cooking or as a type of sauce to put on fruit, etc.
    • We had strawberries and cream for dessert.
    • whipped cream
    • a dollop of fresh cream
    • scones with cream and jam
    • I asked for two coffees with cream.
    • Would you like milk or cream in your coffee?
    • (British English) cream cakes (= containing cream)
    see also clotted cream, Cornish Cream, double cream, egg cream, full-cream, ice cream, salad cream, single cream, sour cream, whipping cream
  2. [countable] (in compounds) a sweet that has a soft substance like cream inside
    • a chocolate/peppermint cream
  3. [uncountable, countable] a soft substance or thick liquid used on your skin to protect it or make it feel soft; a similar substance used for cleaning things
    • moisturizing cream
    • Put a little antiseptic cream on the grazed skin.
    • a topical antibiotic cream
    • anti-wrinkle/anti-ageing cream
    • a cream cleaner
    see also cold cream, face cream, hand cream, sun cream
  4. [uncountable] a pale colour between yellow and white
    • Do you have this blouse in cream?
    • an eye-catching outfit of cream and black
    • a warm yellow shade of cream
  5. the cream of something the best people or things in a particular group
    • the cream of New York society
    • the cream of the crop of this season’s movies
  6. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cresme, from a blend of late Latin cramum (probably of Gaulish origin) and ecclesiastical Latin chrisma, from Greek khrisma ‘anointing’, from khriein ‘anoint’.
Idioms
like a cat that’s got the cream (British English)
(US English like the cat that got/ate/swallowed the canary)
  1. very pleased with yourself synonym smug
    • She looked like a cat that’s got the cream. She was almost purring with pleasure.
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