cold cream
3
3.3
- noun
- /koʊld krim/
:
crema fría
- She snickered at that and brought over a box of Kleenex to wipe off the cold cream.
- a cold cream jar
- cold cream on her face
So you can use cold cream, coconut oil, whatever works for you.
- So you can use cold cream, coconut oil, whatever works for you.
- This is the Aveen cold cream, which I use when my barrier is wacky from too much different gel and travel.
- It feels like feels like a cold cream.
- Next up, I used up the Ponds cleansing bomb cold cream.
Examples
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She has stopped using cold cream.
Fiction book (1991) -
Finally, the door was opened by a frumpy-looking woman with curlers in her hair, cold cream on her face, and a drooping figure.
Academic text (1996) -
Her face was covered in cold cream.
Fiction book (1991) -
So you can use cold cream, coconut oil, whatever works for you.
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She stood right in front of that mirror, putting cold cream on her face.
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"Pure chance," said Anna, who was smearing her face with cold cream.
Fiction book (1993) -
She smelled of cold cream and lilacs.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sarah left, and I spent the next hour squinting into a mirror, where I noticed for the first time the cold cream pallor and the deep shadows under my eyes that had so worried my sister.
Fiction book (1994) -
I woke up hours later to find Britta smearing cold cream on my face and humming faintly.
Fiction book (1996) -
She stood right in front of that mirror, putting cold cream on her face.
Synonyms
346
1.0
Thick, smooth substance put on skin to soften or protect it
95
1.0
A liquid you put on your skin to make it less dry, protect it, or help heal it
49
3.3
A smooth thick oily substance you put on the skin to help it heal or feel soft
30
3.2
A cream or lotion you put on your skin to keep it soft and hydrated
5
1.3
A cream you put on your face to keep the skin soft and not dry
1
3.5
A light cream that makes skin soft and leaves no visible residue
A thick, creamy face wash that removes dirt and makeup while leaving skin soft
A thick lotion used to clean the skin, especially the face
A cream you put on the skin to protect, treat, or make it look better
How Moisturizing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is compositionally transparent: 'cold' modifies 'cream', so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a type of cream that is cool or cooling and used on the skin. The conventional cosmetic sense (a thick facial cream for cleansing/moisturizing) is a straightforward subtype signaled by the modifier rather than an idiomatic shift, making the meaning readily derivable.
Etymology
Cold cream may come from the old idea of a smooth, oily cream that feels cold or cool on the skin when you put it on. That's why today cold cream means a thick, soft cosmetic used to 'clean' and 'moisturize' the face.