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cream

 
/krim/ n [U] (LIQUID)

Definition

the thick, yellow-white liquid that forms on the top of milk: Do you take cream in your coffee? Cream is also a pale yellow-white color. Cream also refers to any of various foods that contain cream or that are smooth like cream: cream of chicken soup chocolate cream pie
(Definition of cream n (LIQUID) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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