Definition of "creaming" [creaming]

• Present participle of cream. (verb)
• A cookery technique in which fat and sugar are mixed together with the incorporation of air to form a cream (noun)

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• "This phenomenon is called creaming, and for millennia it was the natural first step toward obtaining fat-enriched cream and butter from milk."
• ""Whenever an opportunity arises we do purchase some dollars in the market - its a policy that we call creaming off," he said."
• "Preuss, have been criticized for "creaming" -- gathering the students whose parents are already the most interested in their schooling and therefore already poised to succeed."