SOUR CREAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sour cream mean? 

• SOUR CREAM (noun)
  The noun SOUR CREAM has 1 sense:

1. artificially soured light cream

  Familiarity information: SOUR CREAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUR CREAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Artificially soured light cream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

sour cream; soured cream

Hypernyms ("sour cream" is a kind of...):

cream (the part of milk containing the butterfat)

 Context examples 

Laurie took Amy to drive, which was a deed of charity, for the sour cream seemed to have had a bad effect upon her temper.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)