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heavy cream

American  

noun

  1. thick cream having a high percentage of butterfat.


Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Use cold heavy cream and a splash of vanilla — or almond extract, if you’re feeling lush.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 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

Other fats such as heavy cream or coconut oil work, too.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024

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