decream

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verb

To remove cream from.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verbdecream (third-person singular simple present decreams, present participle decreaming, simple past and past participle decreamed)

present singular third person decreams · participle present decreaming · participle past decreamed · past decreamed

  1. transitiveTo remove cream from.

    Anatul Mateen Sahibah also related that Hazrat Amman Jan taught her how to decream milk.

    2011, Munavara (Nabbo) Ghauri, Hazrat Amman Jan: An Inspiration for Us All
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    manufacturers can decream, add water or both and mix in skimmed milk powder to lower the butterfat content and raise the SNF level.

    1989, Muhammad S. Anjum, Pakistan's Dairy Industry: Issues and Policy Alternatives, page ix

    In order to shorten the distance for the fat particles and thus accelerate the decreaming, disks are inserted into the bowl which form a multitude of thin milk layers with the corresponding short distances.

    2017, Edgar Spreer, Milk and Dairy Product Technology, page 80

    Ironically, through the [...] "brain drain" of professionals from the Global South, Canada seeks to "decream” the best and brightest human capital out of the Global South for its own benefit. This brain drain and decreaming process involves attracting the highly educated, trained, and "intelligent" human capital with the promise of a good life, […]

    2023, Edward Shizha, Edward Makwarimba, Immigrant Lives: Intersectionality, Transnationality, and Global Perspectives, page 480

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