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cream cheese

cream cheese noun: a soft, white, smooth-textured, unripened, spreadable cheese made from sweet milk, often enriched with cream.

cream cheese: a soft, white, smooth-textured, unripened, spreadable cheese made from sweet milk, often enriched...
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Noun

cream cheese (countable and uncountable, plural cream cheeses)

  1. A soft, white, smooth-textured, unripened, spreadable cheese made from sweet milk, often enriched with cream.
    • Would you like some cream cheese in your sandwich?
    • This is one of the best cream cheeses I have ever tasted!

cream cheese meaning in Persian

cream cheese in Persian

milk-based cheese product
پنیر خامهای panir-e xâme'i

Forms of cream cheese

pluralcream cheeses
alternative form (rare)creamcheese

Origin of cream cheese

Named for the cream from which the cheese was produced.

Words formed from cream cheese

Questions about cream cheese

What does cream cheese mean?
Cream cheese means a soft, white, smooth-textured, unripened, spreadable cheese made from sweet milk, often enriched with cream.
What is cream cheese in Persian?
Cream cheese in Persian is پنیر خامهای (panir-e xâme'i). See Cream cheese meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is cream cheese?
Cream cheese is a noun.
What is the plural of cream cheese?
The plural of cream cheese is cream cheeses.

Words near cream cheese in the dictionary

  1. cream ales
  2. cream bun
  3. cream buns
  4. cream cake
  5. cream cakes
  6. cream cheese
  7. cream cheeses
  8. cream cheesy
  9. cream cheeze
  10. Cream City
  11. cream corn

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