shaving cream
Americannoun
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shaving creams
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of shaving cream
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Foams appear in everyday life as soap suds, shaving cream, whipped toppings and food emulsions like mayonnaise.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 15, 2026
The only way to get fake blood out of your skin when it’s been sitting on there for a couple of hours and it’s really soaked in and it’s staining: shaving cream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
Sticky white foam regularly piles up like shaving cream the shores of Van Etten Lake.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2024
Relatedly, in 1904, King C. Gillette patented his safety razor in the U.S. and by 1937, Oldstone-Moore writes, shaving cream and related accessories had estimated sales of $80 million in the U.S. alone.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 7, 2023
They’d pulped a coconut, which they were using for shaving cream.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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