sour cream
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- noun
- /ˈsaʊər krim/
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crema agria
- The recipe calls for a dollop of sour cream on top of the chili.
- cup of sour cream
- potatoes with sour cream
- sour cream and onion
So I've added fresh basil, sour cream and cucumbers to my soup.
- So I've added fresh basil, sour cream and cucumbers to my soup.
- It's just butter, sour cream and maybe some chives.
- But like, a fat baked potato with butter, sour cream, chives and salt?
- Instead of getting sour cream and cheese, get guacamole.
- I would do sour cream or even a Creme fresh or both.
- This is sweet mustard ranch pretzels, sour cream and onion cashews, and mustard breadsticks.
- Here's another thing though, Ruffles, I know they're sour cream and cheddar.
- I add some milk, some butter and some salt and maybe some sour cream and that's it.
- Then we have one tablespoon of sour cream.
- Oh man, because of the sour cream.
Examples
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I just want some bean and cheese nachos with a side of sour cream and salsa.
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And the sour cream's like a glue, which works well.
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Did you remember the sour cream?
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I mean, I like sour cream.
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Mom, do you want any sour cream in your eggs?
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Andy, nice touch with that sour cream, man.
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I really liked the garlic sour cream; it tied the entire dish together.
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Beet soup with sour cream.
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Next week, it's cold beet borscht with sour cream.
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In a medium bowl, whisk together the sour cream, flour, and garlic powder.
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Synonyms
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Thick cream with a slightly sour taste used as a topping or in cooking
How Sour
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'sour' (having an acidic/tart taste) with 'cream' (the fatty dairy product): a tangy, fermented cream is exactly what the compound denotes. This adjective+noun composition is literal and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Sour cream comes from a very simple, literal idea: it is cream that has been made a little sour, so it has a slightly sour taste. So the name describes 'a creamy, slightly sour dairy product' you put on food or use for dipping.