word-vault/dist/data/cards/cr/cream.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "cream",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the thick white or pale yellow fatty liquid that rises to the top of milk, used in cooking or as a type of sauce to put on fruit, etc.",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We had strawberries and cream for dessert."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**whipped cream**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a dollop of fresh cream"
                },
                {
                    "text": "scones with cream and jam"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I asked for two coffees with cream."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Would you like milk or cream in your coffee?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cream cakes *(= containing cream)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She piled great dollops of cream onto her apple pie."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This cream's gone off!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Whisk the cream and icing sugar together."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Food"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["clotted", "thick", "whipped"],
                "… of cream": ["dollop"],
                "verb + cream": ["beat", "whip", "whisk"],
                "cream + verb": ["go off"],
                "cream + noun": ["bun", "cake", "cheese"],
                "phrases": ["and cream", "with cream"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a sweet that has a soft substance like cream inside",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a chocolate/peppermint cream"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a soft substance or thick liquid used on your skin to protect it or make it feel soft; a similar substance used for cleaning things",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "moisturizing cream"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Put a little antiseptic cream on the grazed skin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a topical antibiotic cream"
                },
                {
                    "text": "anti-wrinkle/anti-ageing cream"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cream cleaner"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["face", "hand", "day"],
                "verb + cream": ["apply", "massage", "put on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a pale colour between yellow and white",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Do you have this blouse in cream?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an eye-catching outfit of cream and black"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a warm yellow shade of cream"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Colours and Shapes"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the best people or things in a particular group",
            "sensetop": "the cream of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the cream of New York society"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**the cream of the crop** of this season’s movies"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very pleased with yourself",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She looked like a cat that’s got the cream. She was almost purring with pleasure."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kriːm/",
                "audio": "cr/cream/cream__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kriːm/",
                "audio": "cr/cream/cream__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French cresme, from a blend of late Latin cramum (probably of Gaulish origin) and ecclesiastical Latin chrisma, from Greek khrisma ‘anointing’, from khriein ‘anoint’."
}