cream
noun
the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
creamlike
-
a word derived from
cream.
Example Sentences
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"Ay," put in the chaplain, Matthew; "Adam might have drunk this in the Garden," while from the lower table came jovial shouts of praise of this smooth, creamlike vintage.
From The Brethren by Henry Rider Haggard
No hand touches Crisco until in your own kitchen the sanitary can is opened, disclosing the smooth richness, the creamlike, appetizing consistency of the product.
From The Story of Crisco by Marion Harris Neil
The previous night he has made a long, deep cut in the bark of each and hung an earthen vessel beneath, to receive the thick, creamlike substance that trickles down.
From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Ella Rodman Church
A free, creamlike discharge implies a healthy action in the sore, and is the precursor of recovery.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
The Virginian did not, to be sure, look like Danbury, and his frame and his features showed out of the mass; but his eyes were upon Dr. MacBride with a creamlike propriety.
From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister
