Cream vs. Ivory

Creamnoun

The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

Creamnoun

The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.

Creamnoun

The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).

Creamnoun

A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream.

Creamnoun

(informal) Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.

Creamnoun

(figuratively) The best part of something.

Creamnoun

(medicine) A viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)

Creamnoun

Semen.

Creamnoun

(obsolete) The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.

Creamadjective

Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.

Creamverb

To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.

Creamverb

To turn a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream.

Creamverb

(slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.

Creamverb

To ejaculate used of either gender.

Creamverb

To ejaculate in (clothing).

Creamverb

To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.

Creamverb

(transitive) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.

Creamverb

To take off the best or choicest part of.

Creamverb

(transitive) To furnish with, or as if with, cream.

Creamnoun

The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.

Creamnoun

The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface.

Creamnoun

A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.

Creamnoun

A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.

Creamnoun

The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures.

Creamverb

To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.

Creamverb

To take off the best or choicest part of.

Creamverb

To furnish with, or as with, cream.

Creamverb

To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle.

Creamnoun

the best people or things in a group;

Creamnoun

the part of milk containing the butterfat

Creamnoun

toiletry consisting of any of various substances resembling cream that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin

Creamverb

make creamy by beating;

Creamverb

put on cream, as on one's face or body;

Creamverb

remove from the surface;

Creamverb

add cream to one's coffee, for example

Cream

Cream is a dairy product composed of the higher-fat layer skimmed from the top of milk before homogenization. In un-homogenized milk, the fat, which is less dense, eventually rises to the top.

Ivorynoun

(uncountable) The hard white form of dentine which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.

Ivorynoun

A creamy white colour, the colour of ivory.

Ivorynoun

Something made from or resembling ivory.

Ivorynoun

(collective singular or in plural) The teeth.

Ivorynoun

(collective singular or in plural) The keys of a piano.

Ivorynoun

(slang) A white person.

Ivoryadjective

Made of ivory.

Ivoryadjective

Resembling or having the colour of ivory.

Ivorynoun

The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility.

Ivorynoun

The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.

Ivorynoun

Any carving executed in ivory.

Ivorynoun

Teeth; as, to show one's ivories.

Ivorynoun

a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

Ivorynoun

a shade of white the color of bleached bones

Ivorynoun

a hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, walrus, or narwhal, often (especially formerly) used to make ornaments and other articles

Ivorynoun

an object made of ivory.

Ivorynoun

the keys of a piano

Ivorynoun

a person's teeth.

Ivorynoun

the creamy-white colour of ivory

Ivory

Ivory is a hard, white material from the tusks (traditionally from elephants) and teeth of animals, that consists mainly of dentine, one of the physical structures of teeth and tusks. The chemical structure of the teeth and tusks of mammals is the same, regardless of the species of origin.