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# creamy

adjective (creamy, creamier, creamiest)

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

## Everyday

1. Thick, smooth and rich, like cream, or containing a lot of cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creamy/#m1)
2. Pale yellowish-white in colour, like cream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creamy/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday cooking and food descriptions it describes soups, yoghurt, ice cream and sauces. In art it describes a pale colour. In science, mixing can make liquids creamy. Phrases: "creamy texture", "creamy white", "smooth and creamy".

### Examples

- This tomato soup is lovely and creamy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creamy/#x1)
- Stir the butter and sugar until creamy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creamy/#x2)
- The cat has creamy fur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creamy/#x3)
- Creamy ice cream melted on my cone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creamy/#x4)
- The paint was a creamy white colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creamy/#x5)
- The creamiest milkshake had banana in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creamy/#x6)

### Note

Comparative: creamier, creamiest (y changes to i). Not always made with real cream; "creamy" can just describe the texture.

## On Mova

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