cream of the crop

英：[kri:m ɔv ðə krɔp]

美：[krim ʌv ði krɑp]

noun

the yellowish part of milk containing from 18 to about 40 percent butterfat

a food prepared with cream

something having the consistency of creamespecially: a usually emulsified medicinal or cosmetic preparation

the choicest part : best They were still the cream of the crop, socially surpassing not only their constituents but also their colleagues in Congress.Edmund S. Morgan

There were ten men in my boat, and they were the cream of Company L.—Jack London

creamer sense 1

a pale yellow

a cream-colored animal

verb

intransitive verb

to form cream or a surface layer like the cream on standing milk

to break into or cause something to break into a creamy frothalso: to move like froth

transitive verb

skim sense 1c

to remove (something choice) from an aggregate

she has creamed off her favorite stories from her earlier books—The Times Literary Supplement (London)

to furnish, prepare, or treat with creamalso: to dress with a cream sauce

to beat into a creamy froth

to work or blend to the consistency of cream

cream butter and sugar together

to cause to form a surface layer of or like cream

to defeat decisively

was creamed in the first round

wreck

creamed the car on the turnpike

to hit with force : smash

the quarterback got creamed by the pass rush

Noun Middle English creime, creme, from Anglo-French creme, cresme, from Late Latin cramum, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh cramen scab, crust

The first known use of cream was in the 14th century

vacuum cleanernoun

an electrical appliance for cleaning (as floors or rugs) by suction

creek1 of 2noun

chiefly British a small narrow inlet or bay

a stream of water usually smaller than a river

Creek2 of 2noun

a member of an Indigenous people originally of Alabama, Georgia, and Floridaalso: their language

vacuum bottlenoun

thermos

cream1 of 2noun

the yellowish part of milk containing butterfat

a food prepared with cream

cream soup

something having about the same thickness as cream

hand cream

the best part

the cream of the crop

a pale yellow

cream2 of 2verb

to skim the cream from

to put cream into

cream tea

to stir or blend until soft and smooth