cream vs gelato

cream

noun
  • Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream. 

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

  • The best part of something. 

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

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

  • A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer. 

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

  • A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream. 

  • Semen. 

adj
  • Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour. 

verb
  • To furnish with, or as if with, cream. 

  • To gather or form cream. 

  • To puree, to blend with a liquifying process. 

  • To ejaculate (used of either gender). 

  • To obliterate, to defeat decisively. 

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

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

  • To take off the best or choicest part of. 

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

  • To ejaculate in (clothing or a bodily orifice). 

gelato

noun
  • An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form. 

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