Groups and collections

Synonyms for cream

Two senses of cream live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun and verb

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsGroups and collections

the best people or things in a group

The cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

pick

Same sentence, swapped: The pick of England's young men were killed in the Great War.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for cream as it is used in the sentence above.

ointment
society
few

Sense 2 of 2verbTier 3, RidgelineContact and joining

remove from the surface

They cream the milk before bottling it.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

skim

Same sentence, swapped: They skim the milk before bottling it.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for cream as it is used in the sentence above.

bat
lift
wash

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Closest first: other groups and collections words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

crowdnounbunchan informal body of friendsFoothillsHas a reason line currentnounflowdominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideasFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line datenounappointmenta meeting arranged in advanceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line frontnounmovementa group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goalsFoothills2 senses ballnounbaseballa ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine playersFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line branchnounsubdivisiona division of some larger or more complex organizationHigh CampHas a reason line breednoun, verbstocka special variety of domesticated animals within a speciesTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line readverbtakeinterpret something in a certain wayFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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