skim the cream off the milk

  • 1skim the cream off the milk — remove the cream from the top of the milk …

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  • 2cream off — verb 1. remove from the surface skim cream from the surface of milk • Syn: ↑skim, ↑skim off, ↑cream • See Also: ↑cream off (for: ↑cream), ↑skim off …

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  • 3skim — /skim/, v., skimmed, skimming, n. v.t. 1. to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk. 2. to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk. 3. to move or glide lightly over or… …

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  • 4skim off — verb 1. remove from the surface (Freq. 2) skim cream from the surface of milk • Syn: ↑skim, ↑cream off, ↑cream • See Also: ↑cream off (for: ↑ …

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  • 5Milk — For other uses, see Milk (disambiguation). Foremilk and Hindmilk samples of human breast milk …

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  • 6cream separator — ▪ food technology       machine for separating and removing cream from whole milk; (milk) its operation is based on the fact that skim milk (milk with no butterfat) is heavier than cream. The separator consists of a centrifuge in the form of a… …

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  • 7skim — v. & n. v. (skimmed, skimming) 1 tr. a take scum or cream or a floating layer from the surface of (a liquid). b take (cream etc.) from the surface of a liquid. 2 tr. a keep touching lightly or nearly touching (a surface) in passing over. b deal… …

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  • 8cream — /krim / (say kreem) noun 1. the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand. 2. any dish or delicacy made largely of cream or resembling cream. 3. any creamlike substance, especially various cosmetics. 4. a… …

  • 9cream — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English creime, creme, from Anglo French creme, cresme, from Late Latin cramum, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh cramen scab, crust Date: 14th century 1. the yellowish part of milk containing from …

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  • 10milk — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ curdled, sour, spoiled (esp. AmE) ▪ full cream (BrE), full fat, whole (esp. AmE) …

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