cream cheese

noun

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

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Perhaps your secret ingredient is cream cheese, buttermilk, or eggs (which is Joanna Gaines’ go-to). Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024 This cinnamon roll poke cake would be delicious with a cream cheese icing as well. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2024 The sweet corn bibingka is a sweet and savory corn rice cake with a cream cheese center and topped with shredded white cheddar. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024 While that could have been good news for Mr. Yoshida's, the next year Kraft Heinz restructured around its Heinz ketchup line, Philadelphia cream cheese, Kraft Mac & Cheese and Lunchables, and planned to divest from others as part of a turnaround strategy. Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cream cheese 

Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above

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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 Jan. 2025.

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cream cheese

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

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