clotted cream
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- noun
- /ˈklɒtɪd kriːm/
- UK
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crema espesa
- Nothing quite beats a scone with clotted cream and strawberry jam.
- scones with clotted cream
- clotted cream and jam
- strawberries and clotted cream
But the scones you guys have with the clotted cream really gets me good.
- But the scones you guys have with the clotted cream really gets me good.
Examples
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I was hoping to give you warm scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam. " "Thoughtful of you, darling, but this is fine.
Fiction book (1996) -
I always left a big bunch of that clotted cream in with the mix, and Harold would really eat that good, sweet yogurt.
Fiction book (2002) -
But the scones you guys have with the clotted cream really gets me good.
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And the clotted cream and cherries on top is the ability to take the ...
Blog text (7) -
Now and then I'll have half a cup of berries with thick double cream, clotted cream, or Greek yogurt, but not very often.
Blog text (28) -
She sounded so genteel that she should have been sitting before a silver tea service, offering clotted cream and marmalade, not at a desk with a stack of crime scene photos of a victim shot in the nose at close range.
Fiction book (1996) -
English roses, old houses, antique silver, china and glassware, the Cotswolds, chocolate, scones with jam and clotted cream, and Jane Austen novels.
Blog text (32) -
I ask them in here of an afternoon sometimes, and they eat what I fix for them: hot biscuits and my blackberry jam, baked apples, with the thick yellow clotted cream spooned over and honey on top, until they're full as ticks.
Fiction book (2002) -
Nothing quite beats a scone with clotted cream and strawberry jam.
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Be sure to stop off for a delicious afternoon cream tea with scones topped by strawberry jam and heavenly Devon clotted cream.
Synonyms
A thick rich spread from Devon made from milk and served with scones
Antonyms
How Thick
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning—a cream that has thickened or formed clots—is directly derivable from 'clotted' (thickened/formed clots) + 'cream' (dairy cream). This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition following normal English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Clotted cream gets its name from the way the cream clots—when milk is gently heated and left to cool, the cream rises and forms thick 'lumps' on the surface. That's why the name refers to the very thick, rich cream you spread on scones.