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CREAM PUFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cream puff mean?
• CREAM PUFF (noun)
The noun CREAM PUFF has 1 sense:
1. puff filled with cream or custard
Familiarity information: CREAM PUFF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Puff filled with cream or custard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
chou; cream puff
Hypernyms ("cream puff" is a kind of...):
puff (a light inflated pastry or puff shell)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cream puff"):
eclair (oblong cream puff)
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