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.

Recent Examples on the Web

In a large bowl, stir together the mayonnaise, sour cream, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper. —Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025

The tangy sour cream added at the end brings it over the top. —Saveur Editors, Saveur, 5 Feb. 2025

Or dress these poppers up and switch the cheddar cheese for more sour cream and top the potatoes with a sprinkle of salmon roe and snipped chives before serving. —Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025

For more calories and calcium, add sour cream to fruit salad. —Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sour cream

• abeam
• airstream
• bloodstream
• daydream
• downstream
• esteem
• extreme
• grapheme
• hakim
• hornbeam
• lexeme
• mainstream

Kids Definition

sour cream

noun

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