Creamy
['kriːmɪ] or ['krimi]
Definition
(adj.) of the color of cream; 'creamy translucent pebbles' .
(adj.) thick like cream .
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Definition
(a.) Full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous.
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Examples
- Thank you, I prefer spiders, she replied, fishing up two unwary little ones who had gone to a creamy death. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then add gradually about nine ounces of the orange-flower water, stirring constantly, continuing this operation until a fine, creamy emulsion is the result. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This makes an elegant, creamy preparation, and is one of the best that can be made. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The corridor which led to the room was laid down with a kind of creamy linoleum which shows an impression very easily. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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