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creamer

[ kree-mer ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that creams.
  2. a small jug, pitcher, etc., for holding cream.
  3. a container or apparatus for separating cream from milk.
  4. a refrigerator in which milk is placed to facilitate the formation of cream.
  5. a nondairy product in powder or liquid form, made chiefly from corn syrup solids and used as a substitute for cream, especially for coffee cream.


creamer

/ ˈkriːmə /

noun

  1. a vessel or device for separating cream from milk
  2. a powdered substitute for cream, used in coffee
  3. a small jug or pitcher for serving cream
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of creamer1

First recorded in 1855–60; cream + -er 1
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Example Sentences

First, he cut back on his daily coffee—which he took with ample creamer and several spoons of sugar.

Sipping matcha with milk or a non-dairy creamer tamps down the bitter notes, and you can also add a dash of honey or sprinkle of sugar to taste.

Another uses a vanilla protein shake as “creamer,” and several people blend their own shakes with flavored protein powder, ice, and coffee instead of milk.

So I put flour in empty coffee creamer containers that have small holes and shake like a saltshaker.

When I need just a little flour to use while making gravy or to thicken a sauce, it is much easier to use the coffee creamer container than try to scoop out flour from a big bag.

In contrast, Robert W. Creamer most likely never second-guessed his selection.

The crudest form of creamer contains a number of bottles, with their necks all directed toward the spindle, filled with milk.

Jack Creamer wanted two weeks to be ten years old, but he was allowed to stay on board.

Creamer was at the lead, but disconsolate and terrified, having utterly lost his reckoning.

As for Creamer, he can't have any cotton sheets to-night, for fear of a conflagration.

Regnar did not know if the centre-wheel had got anything, but Davies and Creamer had four geese, five brent, and a black duck.

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