Definition of Light cream

1. Noun. Cream that has at least 18% butterfat. "In England they call light cream `single cream'"

Exact synonyms: Coffee Cream, Single Cream
Generic synonyms: Cream

Definition of Light cream

1. Noun. (North America) A cream at least 18 percent of which is fat. ¹

2. Noun. (US standard of identity) Pasteurized cream at least 18 percent of which, but less than 30% of which, is milkfat, optionally homogenized, and optionally containing added flavor, nutritive sweetener, emulsifier(,) or stabilizer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Light Cream

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light cream (current term)
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Literary usage of Light cream

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1888)
"... 7, greenish-black ; 8, dark-straw ; 9, mud-color ; 10, black ; 21, black and straw; 22, light-cream ; 23, dark straw- color ; 24, light and brown. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1888)
"... 3, dark straw; 9, mud-color; 10, black; u, black and straw; 12, light cream; 13, dark straw-color; 14, light brown. Following are some familiar names, ..."

3. Drainage Reclamation in Tennessee: First Papers by Tennessee State Geological Survey, George Hall Ashley (1910)
"2282° Stoneware 10 light cream.. 2426° Stoneware 31 Dark cream .. 2500° Fire brick 111 White 2426 0 White . . 2606 Stoneware Xone (mostly sand) 16 Light ..."

4. Biennial report by North Dakota Geological Survey (1906)
"Color light cream light cream cream light greenish Absorption 29.7 per ct. 30.5 per ct. 30.7 per ct. 24.2 per ct. ..."

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