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white sauce
noun
: a sauce consisting essentially of a roux with milk, cream, or stock and seasoning
Examples of white sauce in a Sentence
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Mona pinched her index finger to her thumb when describing her favorite dish of his: steak with white sauce, mushrooms and rice.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
Thin-crust, brick-oven pizza is made with dough from a century-old recipe, and toppings range from anchovy fillets and capers to spinach, ricotta, and prosciutto to broccoli and garlic with white sauce.
—Samantha Dimauro, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2024
To make the traditional white sauce, cut plain yogurt with mayonnaise and lemon juice, and fleck it with garlic.
—Sam Sifton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2024
The hotel uses halved roasted Roma tomatoes to prevent the juice from ruining the flavor and color of the creamy white sauce.
—Robin Roenker, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
However, a more typical Irish celebratory meal would be thick slabs of Irish bacon or another type of pork with mashed potatoes and vegetables served with a white sauce.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
Of course, Isaac picked Okamoto’s, which contained chicken four ways: fried, Buffalo, smoked, and with some kind of white sauce.
—Helen Schulman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024
The food: Halal Street Food’s new location will serve its familiar traditional halal dishes and favorites such as chicken and lamb over rice, kabobs, gyros and hummus and pita — with plenty of its popular white sauce.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 9 Feb. 2024
Expect familiar traditional halal dishes and favorites such as chicken and lamb over rice, kabobs, gyros and hummus and pita, all dripping in white sauce.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1723, in the meaning defined above
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“White sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20sauce. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
white sauce
noun
: a sauce made from seasoned milk, cream, or broth and thickened with flour
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