schmears

Cream cheese portions

Schmears is the plural of schmear, a Yiddish-derived word meaning a smear or spread, especially of cream cheese on a bagel: I'll take a dozen bagels with schmears.

By extension, schmear can mean a bribe or the whole package of something: the whole schmear.

bagel

lox

Salt-cured salmon

onion · garlic · pumpernickel · rye · everything · plain · multigrain · sourdough · wheat · bialy

deli

lox

Salt-cured salmon

sable · whitefish · pickle · knish · blintz · nosh · counter · traditional

flavor

chive

Mild onion-family herb

jalapeño · lox · garden · herb · garlic · onion · plain · whipped · tofu · flavored

spread

cream cheese

Soft spreadable dairy product

  • butterSolid fat from cream
  • hummusMashed chickpea spread
  • pestoUncooked green Italian sauce

tapenade · jam · chutney · guacamole · aioli · slather · layer · thick · generous · knife

Opposites
quantity/thickness of spread

schmearsscrapes

Shallow surface injuries

skimps · smidgens · dabs · hints · traces

spreading technique

schmearsskimps

Provides insufficiently

dabs · dots · pats · portions · measures

Family

schmear, schmeared

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G