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Cream Off

Definition: Cream Off

Cream Off

Verb

1. Remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk".

2. Pick the best.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Cream Off

Synonyms: cream (v), skim (v), skim off (v). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Cream Off

Language Translations for "cream off"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

zajistit si pro sebe, defraudovat (embezzle). (various references)

   

German

  

abschöpfen (absorb, reap, siphon off, skim, skim off, to skim), absahnen (rake in, skim, skim off, take the best, take the cream, to get on the gravy train, to skim). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

leszedi a javát vminek (to cream off), lefölöz (cream, skim, to cream, to cream off, to decant, to skim), kiválogatja a javát vminek (to cream off), kimazsoláz (to cream off). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eamcray offay

   

Spanish

  

quitar lo mejor de. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

вибирати найкраще (cream), збирати вершки (cream). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Cream Off

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-f-m-o-r"

-2 letters: coffer, femora, foamer.

-3 letters: afore, cameo, carom, comae, comer, cream, facer, farce, foram, force, forme, frame, macer, macro, morae, ocrea, offer.

-4 letters: acme, acre, aero, arco, cafe, caff, came, care, cero, coff, coma, come, core, corf, corm, cram, face, fame, fare, farm, faro, fear, foam, fora, fore, form, frae, froe, from, mace, marc.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-f-f-m-o-r"
 

+1 letter: cofferdam.

 

+2 letters: cofferdams.

 

+3 letters: coffeemaker.

 

+4 letters: coffeemakers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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