"cremey" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more cremey [comparative], most cremey [superlative]
Etymology: From creme + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|creme|y}} creme + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} cremey (comparative more cremey, superlative most cremey)
  1. Containing or resembling creme.
    Sense id: en-cremey-en-adj-ql1545uV
  2. (rare) Creme-colored. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-cremey-en-adj-gbTIpyX1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 17 83
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Synonyms: creme-y

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          "ref": "1998 December 2, “Santastic Savings!”, in The Daily Sentinel, volume 106, number 13, Grand Junction, Colo., page 7, column 2",
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          "ref": "1999 August 29, Merl Reagle, ““Advanced Placement Test”: Merl Reagle’s Crossword”, in Hartford Courant, volume CLXI, number 241, Hartford, Conn., section “Down”, page 5, column 1",
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          "ref": "2002 April 24, Karen Vibert-Kennedy, “Sometimes hard to find, but it goes down easy”, in The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, Calif., page C 7, column 4",
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          "ref": "2005 June 29, “Food Tip”, in Newsday, New York, N.Y., page B17, column 1",
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          "ref": "2018, James Frey, Katerina, Simon & Schuster",
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          "ref": "1997 May 23, “Classifieds”, in The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash., section 438 (Musical Instruments), subsection “Rock City Music: Memorial Weekend Specials; Now Open Sundays 12-5), page C12, column 4",
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