roux

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[C,U] (plural roux) a mixture of fat and flour heated together until they form a solid mass, used for making sauces

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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rouxEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus rouxEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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