white sauce

noun

A simple sauce made from flour, milk and butter; Béchamel sauce.

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bechamel saucebechamel
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Meanings

nounwhite sauce (countable and uncountable, plural white sauces)

plural white sauces

  1. countableuncountableA simple sauce made from flour, milk and butter; Béchamel sauce.
  2. countableuncountableMayonnaise.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmilk thickened with a butter and flour roux

Similar
bechamel saucebechamel
Broader
sauce
Also see
béchamel sauce

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish valkokastike
  • valkokastikesimple sauce made from flour, butter and milk — see also béchamel sauce
French sauce blanche
  • sauce blanchesimple sauce made from flour, butter and milk — see also béchamel sauce
Irish anlann bán
  • anlann bánsimple sauce made from flour, butter and milk — see also béchamel sauce
Polish beszamel, biały sos
  • beszamelsimple sauce made from flour, butter and milk — see also béchamel sauce
  • biały sossimple sauce made from flour, butter and milk — see also béchamel sauce
Russian бешаме́ль
  • бешаме́ль (bešamélʹ)simple sauce made from flour, butter and milk — see also béchamel sauce
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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