creamy

«creamy» in Mova's school dictionary: Thick, smooth and rich, like cream, or containing a lot… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (creamy, creamier, creamiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Thick, smooth and rich, like cream, or containing a lot of cream. tree →

2) Pale yellowish-white in colour, like cream. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday cooking and food descriptions it describes soups, yoghurt, ice cream and sauces. In art it describes a pale colour. In science, mixing can make liquids creamy. Phrases: "creamy texture", "creamy white", "smooth and creamy".

examples

• This tomato soup is lovely and creamy. tree →
• Stir the butter and sugar until creamy. tree →
• The cat has creamy fur. tree →
• Creamy ice cream melted on my cone. tree →
• The paint was a creamy white colour. tree →
• The creamiest milkshake had banana in it. tree →

note

Comparative: creamier, creamiest (y changes to i). Not always made with real cream; "creamy" can just describe the texture.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «creamy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.