sour cream

noun

: a soured cream product produced by the action of lactobacilli

Examples of sour cream in a Sentence

He put sour cream on his baked potato.
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The salad menu is long as are the sandwich options, and then there are American food favorites like the potato skins with bacon, cheese and sour cream, mozzarella sticks, and buffalo style chicken fingers with bleu cheese. Shivani Vora, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Nutty wild rice provides a sturdy base, while cream of mushroom soup, sour cream, and Cheddar cheese add richness to the filling. Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025 Mix together sugar, eggs, egg whites, oil, butter, extracts, and sour cream. The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2025 The sammy comes with a small bag of chips — plain or cheddar cheese sour cream. Toriano Porter, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for sour cream 

Word History

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sour cream was in 1776

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“Sour cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sour%20cream. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

sour cream

noun
: a thick cream soured by the addition of a special kind of bacterium and used especially in cooking

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