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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A jug for holding cream.
2. 2
   a small pitcher for serving cream wordnet
3. 3
   A separator for removing cream from milk to leave skimmed milk.
4. 4
   A nondairy product that adds a creamy texture to coffee.

   "nondairy creamer"

5. 5
   A small thimble-sized or stick-shaped container of milk or cream, used as a standard individual "cream" or "milk" portion, typically provided by restaurants for cups of tea or coffee. In recent decades usually a disposable plastic container; in the mid-20th century often a tiny porcelain pitcher.

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from Middle English.

Synonyms

All synonyms

cream pitchercream pitcherlightenerwhitener

Example

More examples

"Could we have some more non-dairy creamer?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From cream + -er.

Etymology 2

Occupational surname for a seller of dairy products, from an agent derivative of Middle English creme (“cream”).

Related phrases

cow creamerskimmed milk

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.