cream: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with C · ends with M
Meaning of cream
noun
- countable, uncountable
The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
Example: Take 100 ml of cream and 50 grams of sugar…
- US, countable, uncountable
The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder. The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.
- UK, countable, uncountable
The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder. The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
- countable, uncountable
The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder. A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer.
Example: I take my coffee with two cream and three sugar.
Listed forms: creams, creme, creyme.
Source: Wiktionary — cream.
adj
- not-comparable
Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.
Listed forms: creme, creyme.
Source: Wiktionary — cream.
verb
- transitive
To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
Example: Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture.
- transitive
To turn a yellowish white color; to give something the color of cream.
- slang, transitive
To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
Example: We creamed the opposing team!
- intransitive, slang, vulgar
To ejaculate or become wet (used of either gender).
Listed forms: creams, creaming, creamed, creme, creyme.
Source: Wiktionary — cream.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for cream.
noun
the best people or things in a group
noun
toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
verb
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
verb
remove from the surface
- skim
- skim off
- cream off
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is cream in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of cream
C(3) + R(1) + E(1) + A(1) + M(3) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of cream
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from cream
33 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in cream. Showing up to 24, longest first.