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# cream

noun (cream, creams); adjective (cream-coloured); verb (cream, creams, creamed, creaming)

«cream» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Cream is the thick, fatty part of milk. It is used to make butter, cakes and ice cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#m1)
2. A cream is a soft thick stuff you rub on your skin, like sun cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#m2)
3. Cream is a pale yellow-white colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#m3)
4. To cream butter and sugar is to mix them until soft. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#m4)
5. The cream of something is the best part of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#m5)

### In the lessons

mostly in «ice cream»: cones, scoops or tubs that are counted or bought; also an amount of cream in a recipe; in everyday life and safety: put on sun cream before going out in the sun; in cooking: whipped cream on desserts, strawberries and cream; phrases: «ice cream», «sun cream», «whipped cream», «the cream of the crop» (the very best)

### Examples

- An ice cream cone costs 2 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#x1)
- Each cone has 3 scoops of ice cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#x2)
- The recipe needs 200 millilitres of cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#x3)
- They sold 45 ice creams on Monday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#x4)
- Put on sun cream before you go to the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#x5)
- We had strawberries and cream at the picnic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#x6)
- Cream the butter and sugar together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#x7)
- She painted her room cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#x8)
- These pupils are the cream of the school's runners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#x9)
- "This good, rich milk," she mused, "will give me plenty of cream to churn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/#x10)

### Note

Carries no clue. In «ice cream» it is part of the thing counted or the item bought; look for the price or number beside it. Cream (stuff) is uncountable; «ice creams» can be counted as servings. Measured in millilitres or cups.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Psalm it means smoothness. A false friend's speech is smooth as cream, but he means war.

**Interpretation.** The verse warns that kind words can hide a bad heart. Tradition values speech that matches inner intention.

### Examples

- Smoother than cream were the speeches of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet were they keen-edged swords. (Writings PSA.55.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cream/#x1)

### Note

Carries no clue. In «ice cream» it is part of the thing counted or the item bought; look for the price or number beside it. Cream (stuff) is uncountable; «ice creams» can be counted as servings. Measured in millilitres or cups.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cream» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cream/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cream» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cream.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «cream» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cream/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cream» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/cream.html) on Mova free.