idiom
Food
cream of the crop
KREEM uv thuh KROP
kriːm əv ðə krɒpListen
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Syllable breakdown
creamofthecrop
Dictionary meaning
The best of a particular group.
Examples
- The fellowship only accepts the cream of the crop from top universities.
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