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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Whisk together sour cream, milk, and vanilla in a separate medium bowl. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 11 May 2025 Switching from regular to fat-free sour cream can save you 30 calories in just 2 tablespoons.3 2. Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 9 May 2025 Here’s the about-to-launch vegan sour cream from Elmhurst, plated with some roasted potatoes. Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025 Of all the classic Pennsylvania dishes to grace the table during afternoon tea at Elwood in Philadelphia—cubes of venison scrapple, smoked catfish crackers with sour cream and caviar, shoofly cake—the best among them was merely a condiment. Adam Erace, Saveur, 1 May 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 21 May. 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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