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Collocations for cream - noun

1. fatty part of milk

ADJECTIVE

clotted, thick, whipped
double (BrE), heavy (AmE)
single (BrE)
fresh
sour, soured
sweet (AmE)
pouring (BrE), whipping

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… OF CREAM

dollop
She piled great dollops of cream onto her apple pie.

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VERB + cream

beat, whip, whisk
Whisk the cream and sugar together.
fill sth with, serve sth with, top sth with
Fill the meringues with whipped cream.

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cream + VERB

go off (BrE)
This cream's gone off!

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cream + NOUN

bun (BrE), cake (BrE), cheese, puff, sauce
tea (= a meal of tea with scones with jam and cream)

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PHRASES

and cream, with cream
We had strawberries and cream for dessert.

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2. substance that you rub into your skin

ADJECTIVE

face, hand
day, night
She was massaging night cream into her face and neck.
anti-wrinkle, barrier, cleansing, moisturizing, shaving, sun (esp. BrE)
antibiotic, anti-fungal, antiseptic, steroid
topical
a topical antibiotic cream
over-the-counter (esp. AmE)

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VERB + cream

apply, massage, put on
Put a little antiseptic cream on the grazed skin.

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Collocations for cream - verb

Cream is used with these nouns as the object:
butter, margarine

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