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

Much like with cream cheese biscuits, sour cream adds tanginess to these biscuits, as well as a unique combination of moisture and fat that creates a more tender, fluffy biscuit. —Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025

The breast of chicken saute alfredo with egg noodles and sour cream went for $15. —Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025

Whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk, dill, chipotle chile and adobo sauce, onion powder, 1 teaspoon of the garlic powder, ½ teaspoon of the salt and ½ teaspoon of the pepper in a medium bowl. —Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025

Some lawmakers want to give that honor to Lactococcus lactis, a bacterium that's used to ferment milk and develop cheese, sour cream, buttermilk and other dairy products. —Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 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