Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling cream.

Etymologies

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cream +‎ -like

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Examples

  • When mixed with water and whipped, it turns into a heavy, creamlike liquid that can be used in baked goods, salad dressings, sauces, and ice cream.

    Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy M.D. Walter C. Willett 2005

  • When mixed with water and whipped, it turns into a heavy, creamlike liquid that can be used in baked goods, salad dressings, sauces, and ice cream.

    Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy M.D. Walter C. Willett 2005

  • One bore a silver-rimmed porcelain platter bearing slices of meat smothered in a creamlike sauce and garnished with sprigs of narrow green leaves.

    The Spellsong War Modesitt, L. E. 1998

  • No hand touches Crisco until in your own kitchen the sanitary can is opened, disclosing the smooth richness, the creamlike, appetizing consistency of the product.

    The Story of Crisco Marion Harris Neil

  • The previous night he has made a long, deep cut in the bark of each and hung an earthen vessel beneath, to receive the thick, creamlike substance that trickles down.

    Among the Trees at Elmridge Ella Rodman Church

  • Arab-fashion -- pawed the air, and the animal sat upon his haunches, muscles straining and rippling under the creamlike skin.

    The Golden Silence 1901

  • The soil of the wold is pale, so that in the new-ploughed fields there rest soft, creamlike shadows when the evening sun falls aslant.

    Escape, and Other Essays Arthur Christopher Benson 1893

  • "Ay," put in the chaplain, Matthew; "Adam might have drunk this in the Garden," while from the lower table came jovial shouts of praise of this smooth, creamlike vintage.

    The Brethren Henry Rider Haggard 1890

  • The Virginian did not, to be sure, look like Danbury, and his frame and his features showed out of the mass; but his eyes were upon Dr. MacBride with a creamlike propriety.

    The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) Various 1887

  • A free, creamlike discharge implies a healthy action in the sore, and is the precursor of recovery.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

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