sour cream

sour cream

n. Cream that has been thickened and soured with bacteria that produce lactic acid, used as an ingredient in foods or as a topping.

sour cream

n (Cookery) cream soured by lactic acid bacteria, used in making salads, dips, etc. Also called: soured cream

sour′ cream`

n. cream soured by the lactic acid produced by a ferment. [1815–25, Amer.]

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sour cream - artificially soured light cream soured creamcream - the part of milk containing the butterfat

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