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

To a small bowl, add ½ cup (120 g) plain whole-milk yogurt or sour cream and ½ tsp. — Rachel Gurjar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026

The crust is made of nuts and gingersnaps, and a New York-style sour cream topping balances the pumpkin-spice sweetness. — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 29 Oct. 2026

Adding sour cream to the batter helps ensure the finished quick bread is extra moist. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2026

Certain items in the front of the shelf in a refrigeration section measured above 41 degrees (cookie dough 45 degrees, sour cream 47 degrees). — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 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