double cream

American  

Or double crème

noun

• double creams
  plural

1. (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.

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double cream British  

noun

1. thick cream with a high fat-content

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• double creams
  plural

Etymology

Origin of double cream

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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double cream

High-fat creams generally contain 30-40% fat and include whipping cream, double cream and clotted cream.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025

If you're watching your weight and looking to reduce the kilojoules of the quiche, swap the full-fat cheddar cheese, milk and double cream to low-fat products.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2023

White wine and double cream for the best bolognese sauce?

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2018

Lots of meringue, but not so sweet because it’s crushed up with the out-of-this-world double cream we have here.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2016

The hand that touches me is lumpy in its northern mitten, the skin of the wrist between mitten and jacket cuff brownish, like coffee with double cream.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood