vanishing cream
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈvænɪʃɪŋ krim/
:
crema desaparecedora
- Well, that's vanishing cream.
Examples
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She wiped some of the vanishing cream off her face with a fancy white cloth.
Fiction book (2001) -
A box of vanishing cream?
Fiction book (1995) -
And then we have the Wonder Vanishing Cream primer.
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Luke bent down then and kissed her on her face, the residue of the vanishing cream and all.
Fiction book (2001) -
She had put her hair in curlers, and her face was covered with vanishing cream.
Fiction book (2001) -
She wiped some of the vanishing cream off her face with a fancy white cloth.
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She had put her hair in curlers, and her face was covered with vanishing cream.
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The makeup artist recommended using vanishing cream to achieve a flawless look without visible residue.
Synonyms
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1.3
A cream you put on your face to keep the skin soft and not dry
How Greasy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a cream that disappears or leaves no visible residue' is directly and compositionally derived from 'vanish' (to disappear) + 'cream' (a topical skin preparation). This noun phrase follows a regular English compounding pattern and is readily understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Vanishing cream gets its name from old beauty ads because the cream seemed to vanish into the skin, leaving no greasy or white trace. That's why the name now means 'a light cream that disappears on the skin'.