单词 | creamer |
释义 | creamern.Thesaurus » a. A flat dish for skimming the cream off milk. b. A machine for separating cream. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > formation of cream > cream-separator pancheon1601 creamer1858 centrifuge1866 milk separator1869 cream-separator1884 separator1884 1858 J. Slight & R. S. Burn Bk. Farm Implements 509 The creaming-dish..made of china, and sometimes called the skimmer or creamer, is for taking the cream off. 1885 J. Long Brit. Dairy-farming 201 At Delft..two creamers are worked. c. Also cow-creamer (see cow n.1 Compounds 2). A cream-jug. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > cream-jug creamer1877 1877 E. S. Phelps Story of Avis 237 That rose-curlew on the creamer is like a singing leaf, I think. 1893 ‘O. Thanet’ Stories Western Town 215 But she remembered the silver service, the coffee-pot,..the creamer,..the sugar-bowl. 1960 House & Garden Aug. 46/3 Creamer..8s. 2d. 1970 Guardian 17 Dec. 9/5 Coffee pot, sugar bowl, creamer. Draft additions September 2016 A substitute for milk or cream, typically made from sweetened vegetable oils and fats, and stirred into coffee or tea in powdered or liquid form; = whitener n. 2b. Frequently with modifying word, as coffee, non-dairy, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > milk > milk substitutes or alternatives almond milk1381 milk of almondsa1425 oat milk1844 soy milk1906 soya milk1911 plant milk1959 coffee whitener1961 creamer1961 coffee lightener1962 rice milk1986 1961 Carnation Company Ann. Rep. 5 Coffee-mate, a non-dairy coffee creamer. This product is being well received,..a valuable addition to our Instant Products Division. 1979 Harrowsmith Aug. 28/1 A new generation of supposedly healthy foods: no-fat, non-dairy creamers, Egg Beaters, margarine, vegetable cooking oils and ersatz bacon. 1987 M. Dorris Yellow Raft in Blue Water (1988) v. 67 He gestures with his eyes toward the creamer and sugar packets. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Sept. (Week in Review section) 3/4 ‘Combat espresso’..is brutal. The creamer, instant coffee and sugar are poured directly into one's mouth and then washed down with water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1858 |
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