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creamer

/ˈkɹiː.mə(ɹ)/US/ˈkɹiː.mɚ/

creamer noun: a jug for holding cream.

creamer: a jug for holding cream
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Noun

creamer (plural creamers)

  1. A jug for holding cream.
  2. A separator for removing cream from milk to leave skimmed milk.
  3. A nondairy product that adds a creamy texture to coffee.
    • nondairy creamer
    Synonyms:
    lightener, whitener
  4. 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 capitalized: Creamer

Creamer (plural Creamers)

  1. A surname from Middle English.

creamer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Indonesian and Thai

creamer in Hindi

nondairy cream substitute
क्रीमर krīmar

creamer in Tamil

கொழுப்புப் பிரித்தெடுப்பி, பாலேடு பிரித்தெடுக்கும் பொறி

creamer in Indonesian

nondairy cream substitute
krimer

creamer in Thai

nondairy cream substitute
ครีมเทียม kriim-tiiam

Synonyms of creamer

Forms of creamer

Noun
pluralcreamers
Proper noun
pluralCreamers

Plural of creamer: creamers

Origin of creamer

From cream + -er.

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

Words formed from creamer

Phrases with creamer

Words that rhyme with creamer

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about creamer

What does creamer mean?
Creamer means a jug for holding cream.
What is creamer in Hindi?
Creamer in Hindi is क्रीमर (krīmar). See Creamer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is creamer?
Creamer can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce creamer?
Creamer is pronounced /ˈkɹiː.mə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of creamer?
The plural of creamer is creamers.

Words near creamer in the dictionary

  1. creamed off
  2. creamed one's jeans
  3. creamed one's pants
  4. creamed the crop
  5. creamed up
  6. creamer
  7. creameries
  8. creamers
  9. creamery
  10. creameryman
  11. creamerymen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: creamer (page history and authors); Creamer (page history and authors); creamer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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