crème
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3.9
- noun
- /krɛm/
:
color crema
- Our young doctors are the crème de la crème of their generation.
- la crème
- crème de la
Examples
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Only the crème de la crème need apply.
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Business, over the many years, has prided itself on choosing only the academic highest, or the crème de la crème.
Academic text (2000) -
You know, I get the crème de la crème.
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I got the crème de la crème.
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Get real, these guys are not the crème de la crème.
Blog text (34) -
We cater to the elite, the crème de la crème.
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Her skin is tanned to the hue of his crème brûlée from lunch.
Fiction book (2002) -
The restaurant is a rickety tile-roofed pagoda perched on stilts over a beach of sand the color of crème brûlée.
Fiction book (2000) -
She painted the walls a soft crème that brightened up the entire room.
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The wedding cake was elegantly decorated in various shades of crème and white.
Synonyms
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1.0
A light yellow colour that looks soft and not bright
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3.0
A pale creamy yellow color like cake icing
A pale cream color often used for walls or clothes
A very pale beige colour used for walls, clothes, and makeup
Antonyms
Compounds
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8.4
A thin sweet sauce made from eggs and milk, flavored with vanilla and served with desserts
How Pale
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crème comes from the French crème, which means 'cream', and from the Latin crema, meaning 'the soft top of milk'. So the color crème is the pale, warm shade like that soft top of milk.