butter-floursauce
nounUK /ˈbʌtə ˈflaʊə sɔːs/
US /ˈbʌtər ˈflaʊər sɔːs/
A smooth sauce made by cooking flour and butter together and adding milk.
She poured the butter-floursauce over the steamed vegetables.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A basic sauce used as a base for many other sauces.
The chef used butter-floursauce as the starting point for her cheese sauce.
3. A mixture of butter and flour cooked together before liquid is added.
Stir the butter-floursauce constantly so it doesn't burn.
4. A simple homemade sauce often served with fish or vegetables.
Dinner was plain but comforting, with butter-floursauce on the side.