Creamier - English meaning

adjective

Containing or tasting like butter.

Usage examples:

Layers of flaky buttery pastry

noun

A room in a college where food is kept and sold to students.

Usage examples:

The college buttery staff have told students that each silver tankard is worth £15,000.

noun

The thick white or pale yellow fatty liquid which rises to the top when milk is left to stand and which can be eaten as an accompaniment to desserts or used as a cooking ingredient.

Usage examples:

Strawberries and cream

verb

Work (two or more ingredients, typically butter and sugar) together to form a creamy paste.

Usage examples:

You cream the butter first and then add the egg yolks

verb

Defeat (someone) heavily in a sporting contest.

Usage examples:

On paper, england should have creamed scotland

noun

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.

Usage examples:

A dagger with an ivory handle

noun

The hard white substance of the tusks (= long teeth growing outside the mouth) of some animals, such as elephants

Usage examples:

An ivory statue

noun

A white colour with a little grey or yellow in it

Usage examples:

The walls were painted off white., she was wearing a dark blue miniskirt with an off-white cotton b…

adjective

Resembling a pearl in lustre or colour.

Usage examples:

Nice pearly teeth

noun

Pearly kings and queens.

Usage examples:

Her mum and dad had been pearlies

adjective

White and shiny, like a pearl

Usage examples:

Pearly white teeth

adjective

Having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy.

Usage examples:

A rich and famous family

adjective

Having a lot of money or valuable possessions; wealthy

Usage examples:

A rich man, the united states is one of the world’s richest nations., a rich brocade jacket, the co…

adjective

Having a lot of money or valuable possessions

Usage examples:

He's the third richest man in britain., all of the world's richest nations were invited to attend t…

adjective

Having an even and regular surface; free from perceptible projections, lumps, or indentations.

Usage examples:

Smooth flat rocks

verb

Give (something) a flat, regular surface or appearance.

Usage examples:

She smoothed out the newspaper

adverb

In a way that is without difficulties.

Usage examples:

The course of true love never did run smooth

adjective

With opposite sides or surfaces that are far or relatively far apart.

Usage examples:

Thick slices of bread

noun

The most active or crowded part of something.

Usage examples:

We were in the thick of the battle

adverb

In or with deep, dense, or heavy mass.

Usage examples:

Bread spread thick with butter

adjective

Having a smooth, soft appearance, feel, or taste.

Usage examples:

Robes of velvety black

adjective

Soft, like velvet

Usage examples:

She patted the dog’s velvety ears.

adjective

Having been flogged or beaten with a whip.

Usage examples:

A whipped dog

verb

Beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on.

Usage examples:

Lewis whipped the boy twenty times

Past simple and past participle of whip

adjective

Almost white in colour

Usage examples:

Whitish-grey walls