Sand vs Cream - What's the difference?
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(label) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see ), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
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, title= A beach or other expanse of sand.
*{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
, chapter=7, title= Personal courage (used before or around 1920s).
* {{quote-book, year=1979, title=Bendigo Shafter, first=Louis, last=L'Amour
, authorlink=Louis L'Amour, isbn=9780553123548, ol=24369989M
, passage=There was youngsters all around him, and he stood there lookin’ at me and never turned a hair. He had sand , that Morrell.}}
A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
A single grain of sand.
(label) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
To cover with sand.
The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
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# The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.
# The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream.
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(label) Frosting, custard, creamer or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
*2004 , Joey Green, Joey Green's Incredible Country Store , , ISBN 1579548482, page 267:
*:Originally the cream filling in Oreo cookies was made with pork lard.
(label) The best part of something.
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* (fl.1612-1620)
*:Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant.
(label) A viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
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*(Oliver Goldsmith) (1730-1774)
*:In vain she tries her paste and creams , / To smooth her skin or hide its seams.
Semen.
*2001 , Darwin Porter, Hollywood’s Silent Closet: The Lusty Saga of America’s First Star F*#%er!! (SIC) (novel), Blood Moon Productions, Ltd., ISBN 0-9668030-2-7, page 155,
*:He rode me for ten—or was it fifteen?—minutes before one final fuckthrust that filled me completely with his cream .
*2003 , Dominique Adair, “Two Days, Three Nights” in Tied with a Bow ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=UwSA6Ay3doMC] Ellora’s Cave Publishing, ISBN 1843607433, page 74,
*:He tucked his cock into his pants before rubbing his cream into her breasts in slow, teasing strokes.
*2004 , Art Wiederhold, Wild Flowers , iUniverse, ISBN 0595317898, page 158,
*:When he did come, he spurted his cream all over the front of Rosalee’s T-shirt and neck.
(label) The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.
*, Book V:
*:there shall never harlot have happe, by the helpe of Oure Lord, to kylle a crowned Kynge that with Creyme is anoynted.
Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.
To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
To turn a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream.
(slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate (used of either gender).
(transitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate in (clothing).
(cooking) To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
(figurative) To take off the best or choicest part of.
To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
* Mrs. Whitney
In transitive terms the difference between sand and cream
is that sand is to cover with sand while cream is to furnish with, or as if with, cream.sand
English
(wikipedia sand)Noun
(en-noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand .}}
The Lonely Pyramid, passage=It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand . […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!}}
- (Shakespeare)
- The sands are numbered that make up my life.
Derived terms
* built on sand * bury one's head in the sand * Great Sandy Desert * kick sand in somebody's face * pound sand * oil sand * quicksand * sandbag * sandbank * sandbar * sand bath * sandblast * sand-blind * sandbox * sandbox tree * sandboy * sandbur * sand-cast * sand casting * sandcastle * sand crack * sand dab * sand dollar * sand dune * sand eel * sander * sanderling * sand flea * sandfly * sand fly * sandfly fever * sandglass * sandgroper * sandgrouse * sand hill * sandhill crane * sandhog * sand hopper * sandiness * sand iron * sand lance * sand leek * sand lily * sand lizard * sandman * sand martin * sand painting * sandpaper * sand pear * sandpiper * sandpit * sand shark * sand shoe * sandshoe * sandsoap * sandspit * sandstorm * sand table * sand trap * sand verbena * sand viper * sand wedge * sandworm * sandwort * sandy * sand yacht * sandyacht * tar sandSee also
(Other terms) * arena * arenicolous * psammite * sabulous * shar-pei * tomboloVerb
(en verb)See also
*Anagrams
* * 1000 English basic words ----cream
English
(wikipedia cream)Alternative forms
* creme * creymeNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
*Adjective
(-)Verb
(en verb)- Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture .
- We creamed the opposing team!
- Creaming the fragrant cups.