Meanings
plural Bordelaise sauces
- uncountableusuallyA French sauce made with dry red wine, bone marrow, butter, shallots, and demiglace, and traditionally served with beef.
Synonyms: bordelaise
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA French sauce made with dry red wine, bone marrow, butter, shallots, and demiglace, and traditionally served with beef.
Origin
Partial calque of French sauce bordelaise (literally “sauce of Bordeaux”).
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Bordelaise sauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bordelaise%20sauce
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