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heavy cream

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noun

heavy creams plural
  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

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

Cream cheese, sour cream, heavy cream, whipped cream .

From Salon Nov. 25, 2024

One lady wouldn’t even believe you could make your own by whipping heavy cream.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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