sour cream
/ˈsaʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkɹiːm/
sour cream noun: cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium to turn it slightly sour, often used as a condiment, or a topping for baked potatoes.
Noun
sour cream (countable and uncountable, plural sour creams)
sour cream meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit and Arabic
sour cream in Hindi
- cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
- खट्टी क्रीम khaṭṭī krīm, स्मेताना smetānā
sour cream in Urdu
- cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
- ھَٹّی کِرِیم haṭṭī kirīm
sour cream in Sanskrit
- sour cream
- मस्तु mástu
sour cream in Arabic
- cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
- كْرِيم حَامِض krīm ḥāmiḍ
More languagesFewer languages
- sour cream in Vietnamese
- kem chua
Forms of sour cream
| plural | sour creams |
|---|---|
| alternative Australia Canada UK | soured cream |
Questions about sour cream
- What does sour cream mean?
- Sour cream means cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium to turn it slightly sour, often used as a condiment, or a topping for baked potatoes.
- What is sour cream in Hindi?
- Sour cream in Hindi is खट्टी क्रीम (khaṭṭī krīm), स्मेताना (smetānā). See Sour cream meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sour cream?
- Sour cream is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sour cream?
- Sour cream is pronounced /ˈsaʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkɹiːm/.
- What is the plural of sour cream?
- The plural of sour cream is sour creams.
Words near sour cream in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sour cream (page history and authors); मस्तु (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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