cream cheese

noun

: a mild soft unripened cheese made from whole sweet milk enriched with cream

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Our Tennessee Onion Dip is irresistible thanks to onions mixed with Cheddar, smoked Gouda, cream cheese, mayonnaise, and sour cream. Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025 The meal concludes with a selection of desserts including warm chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, and puff pastry rhubarb tart with marzipan ice cream. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025 Also on offer will be a Vietnamese hollow donut coated in everything seasoning and filled with salmon pastrami and charred scallion cream cheese. Meira Gebel, Axios, 4 Apr. 2025 Then, Steve pops in with a bag of bagels and cream cheese. Erin Qualey, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cream cheese

Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cream cheese was in 1583

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“Cream cheese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cream%20cheese. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

cream cheese

noun
: a soft white cheese made from whole milk enriched with cream

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