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

Ready in about 30 minutes, these bars are extra moist thanks to sour cream, and are filled with chocolate chips. — Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 10 July 2026

Make zucchini fritters, and serve them with sour cream or yogurt sauce. — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 10 July 2026

Nourish by the Roundtree From the Roundtree Amagansett team, Balinese chef Dewa Wijaya oversees a healthyish menu — the Nourish Lobster Roll is made with macadamianut sour cream instead of mayo. — Nancy Kane, Curbed, 25 June 2026

Cording notes that some commercial versions of ranch may contain sour cream. — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 24 June 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