cream cheese


noun
  1. a soft, white, smooth-textured, unripened, spreadable cheese made of sweet milk and sometimes cream.

  2. Gulf States. cottage cheese.

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Origin of cream cheese

1
First recorded in 1575–85

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British Dictionary definitions for cream cheese

cream cheese

noun
  1. a smooth soft white cheese made from soured cream or milk

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