cream cheese

noun

A soft, white, smooth-textured, unripened, spreadable cheese made from sweet milk, often enriched with cream.

“Would you like some cream cheese in your sandwich?”

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Meanings

nouncream cheese (countable and uncountable, plural cream cheeses)

plural cream cheeses · alternative rare creamcheese

  1. countableuncountableA soft, white, smooth-textured, unripened, spreadable cheese made from sweet milk, often enriched with cream.

    Would you like some cream cheese in your sandwich?

    1 more example

    This is one of the best cream cheeses I have ever tasted!

Origin

Named for the cream from which the cheese was produced.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 忌廉芝士
  • 忌廉芝士milk-based cheese product
Chinese Mandarin 奶油芝士
  • 奶油芝士 (nǎiyóu zhīshì)milk-based cheese product
Dutch roomkaas
  • roomkaasmilk-based cheese product
Finnish tuorejuusto
  • tuorejuustomilk-based cheese product
French cream cheese, fromage en crème
  • cream cheesemilk-based cheese product
  • fromage en crèmemilk-based cheese product
German Doppelrahmkäse
  • Doppelrahmkäsemilk-based cheese product
Icelandic rjómaostur
  • rjómaosturmilk-based cheese product
Irish cáis uachtair
  • cáis uachtairmilk-based cheese product
Japanese クリームチーズ
  • クリームチーズ (kurīmuchīzu)milk-based cheese product
Korean 크림치즈
  • 크림치즈 (keurimchijeu)milk-based cheese product
Persian پنیر خامهای
  • پنیر خامهای (panir-e xâme'i)milk-based cheese product
Polish serek śmietankowy
  • serek śmietankowymilk-based cheese product
Portuguese cream cheese, queijo de barrar
  • cream cheesemilk-based cheese product
  • queijo de barrarmilk-based cheese product
  • queijo cremosomilk-based cheese product
Russian сли́вочный сыр
  • сли́вочный сыр (slívočnyj syr)milk-based cheese product
Scottish Gaelic càis-uachdrach
  • càis-uachdrachmilk-based cheese product
Spanish queso crema
  • queso cremamilk-based cheese product
Swedish färskost
  • färskostmilk-based cheese product
Turkish krem peynir
  • krem peynirmilk-based cheese product
Yiddish שמירקעז
  • שמירקעז (shmirkez)milk-based cheese product
Cite this entry
APA

cream cheese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cream%20cheese

MLA

“cream cheese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cream%20cheese. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cream cheese,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cream%20cheese.

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