creamer
/ˈkriːmə
/noun
1 [mass noun] A cream or milk substitute for adding to coffee or tea.Alex prayed that Dan hadn't used the milk for creamer in his coffee....
- And you don't have any American coffee creamer.
- She sprinkled a teaspoonful of powdered non-dairy creamer into the coffee and watched the crystals explode into tiny pale swirls.
2North American A jug for cream.Teresa had already placed the creamer and sugar bowl on the table as well as butter and a pitcher of maple syrup....
- These creamers, as they are known, were popular in the late 19th century, the Victorian period, and original examples can fetch £150 - £200 in good condition.
- So one day she paid him $30,000 for a creamer that was shaped like a little elephant and that would supposedly make any person fall out of love in under seven hours.
3 historical A flat dish used for skimming the cream off milk.
4A machine used for separating cream from milk.The facility is separated into two sub-plants - the bottling line side of the plant and the gable-top and creamers side of the plant.
