brown sauce
brown sauce · brown sauces
A sauce made by the addition of stock to a heated and browned mixture of butter and flourA sauce made by the addition of stock to a heated and browned mixture of butter and flour.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A sauce made by the addition of stock to a heated and browned mixture of butter and flour.
bouillon or beef stock thickened with butter and flour roux and variously seasoned with herbs or Worcestershire etc.
(Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable)Any of many brands of bottled sauce based on malt vinegar, fruit and spices.
HP Sauce is a popular variety of brown sauce.
a sauce based on soy sauce
(countable, uncountable)Gravy.
He put brown sauce on the mashed potatoes.
Translations
2 languagesForms
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- bouillon or beef stock thickened with butter and flour roux and variously seasoned with herbs or Worcestershire etc.:sauce Espagnole
- a sauce based on soy sauce:Chinese brown sauce
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable