Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Cream that has soured naturally by the action of lactic-acid bacteria, used in baking certain breads and cakes.
- n. A smooth, thick, artificially soured cream, widely used as an ingredient in soups, salads, and various meat dishes.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. artificially soured light cream
Examples
“Photos do not forget about that dollop of sour cream or misjudge portion sizes.”
“Sure, there are twenty-seven-ounce porterhouse steaks (which run between 60 and 90 calories per ounce) and baked potatoes (220 calories for a medium-size one) brimming with sour cream (26 calories per tablespoon), cheese (110 calories per ounce of cheddar), and bacon bits (30 calories per tablespoon), but these restaurants also carry great seafood, the highest quality produce, and many options that are both low in calories and satisfying.”
“He sat, turned down a drink, listened to the specials, chose grilled rockfish with mashed potatoes after a salad, oil and vinegar, and began to work on a little plate of on-the-house munchies in sour cream the waiter had brought before he’d taken the order.”
“At last, we leave the izba, having paid eight rubles for our baskets filled with loaves of bread, jars of sour cream and cottage cheese, and a hefty chunk of butter wrapped in a plastic bag.”
“Chili: Cheese and onions on top, extra sour cream consider taking a phaseolamin-based supplement to buffer the potential spike from the beans.”
“Try reduced-fat or nonfat sour cream for starters, and if you do not like the flavor, you can try nonfat or low-fat yogurt, cottage cheese, or even evaporated milk with just a splash of lemon juice.”
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HU Realia
Cultural realia from Hungary.
I have only included realia that already have an English spelling variant and DID NOT include Hungarian words that would be used in English texts unchang...charcoal kiln, embroidered felt ..., farmstead, golden stick, graft, herdsman’s whip, inn, lever well, limekiln, local border traffic, maypole, merino and 356 more...
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AGRI - milk products
milk powder, cake mix, cheddar cheese, blue cheese, clotted cream, hard cheese, semi-skimmed milk, single cream, skimmed milk, whipping cream, sour cream, curd and 11 more...
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Sour List
sourpuss, sour grapes, soursop, sourdough, sourwood, sourball, sourkrout, sourcrout, sauerkraut, sauerbraten, sour cream, amaretto sour and 24 more...
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AGRI - milk sector
Terms used in the EU's Common Agricultural Policy referring to policy issues in the milk sector.
HU translations: input costs, retailer, trader, processor, price transmission, raw milk, milk cow, offset income losses, production quota ..., reference price, Single Area Payme..., Single Payment Sc... and 43 more... -
VanishedOne's Words
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