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heavy cream

American  

noun

  1. thick cream having a high percentage of butterfat.


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In lieu of heavy cream, I added a few tablespoons of butter along with the milk.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2025

Where a recipe calls for cream, it is heavy cream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

The soup base can also be incorporated with heavy cream to make a decadent, spring-themed pasta sauce that pairs well with seafood, like grilled salmon or pan seared shrimp.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2025

What’s next, Doncic was a fat, lazy, beer-drinking, hookah smoker feasting on a 77-ounce New York strip steak with a side of the Slovenian specialty of sliced potatoes layered with cheese and heavy cream?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

I tasted the heavy cream and I thought: Ugh, this must be how milk tastes in America!

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

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