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

Think tater tots, sour cream, salsa macha and pickled jalapeños. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

The Bongulo Paneer — cooked in bamboo — with a coconut and capsicum poriyal blends peanut chutney with acidic gongura sour cream and fiery gunpowder. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026

Stir together sour cream, corn, soup, chiles, chicken, poppy seeds, and 2 tablespoons of the ranch seasoning in a large bowl until combined. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026

Heat a tray in the oven and pair them up with some sour cream for dipping. — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 24 Sep. 2026

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