cream vs sand

cream

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

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. 

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). 

sand

adj
  • Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand. 

noun
  • A beach or other expanse of sand. 

  • A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass). 

  • "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom) 

  • Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction. 

  • A sandpiper. 

  • A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. 

  • A light beige colour, like that of typical sand. 

verb
  • To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it. 

  • To blot ink using sand. 

  • To cover with sand. 

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