cream

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Is any butter-fat lost due to evaporation in dry weather The test of sour cream will be as accurate as of sweet cream, if properly made, but it is rather more difficult to make; or rather, to get the material into condition to work well.

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  1. noun The yellowish fatty component of unhomogenized milk that tends to accumulate at the surface.
  2. noun Any of various substances resembling or containing cream: hand cream.
  3. noun A pale yellow to yellowish white.
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  • Within the cream is the willingness to make sacrifices that are essential to an athlete's pursuit of excellence. —  Island Packet: Home
  • For example, aspirin-type products exist in topical form as a cream which is available over the counter. —  Brain Blogger
  • The effect of the cream is almost instantaneous, but we do not want short term results. —  ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
  • When the cream is applied only once, it is best to use this cream at night as that way the skin will get a lot of time to be able to absorb the cream. —  ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
  • "I used to eat a lot of ice-cream, that is now down to a cup, I have a piece of fruit, one glass of wine a night," said Rudy. —  Belski's Blog
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butter ·  cheese ·  chocolate ·  sauce ·  coffee ·  honey ·  rice ·  syrup ·  egg ·  jelly ·  pudding ·  apple

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cream:   creams ·  creamed
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  1. Middle English creme, from Old French craime (from Late Latin crāmum, of Celtic origin) and from Old French cresme (from Latin chrīsma, an anointing, from Greek khrīsma, unguent, from khrīein, to anoint; see ghrēi- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from Middle English creme, sometimes spelled crayme, from Old French cresme, properly creme, French crème = Provencal Spanish Italian crema = Portuguese creme, from Middle Latin crema, cremum, cream, another use of Late Latin cremum, equivalent to L. cremor, thick juice or broth. Not connected with Anglo-Saxon reám, English ream, cream: see ream.
  2. from cream, n.
 

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