bechamel sauce

A form of béchamel sauce — A simple white sauce made from a roux of butter and flour to which hot milk is added.

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white saucebechamel
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Meanings

nounbechamel sauce (usually uncountable, plural bechamel sauces)

plural bechamel sauces

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative spelling of béchamel sauce.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmilk thickened with a butter and flour roux

Similar
white saucebechamel
Broader
sauce
Also see
white sauce

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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