cheese sauce

American  

[cheez saws] / ˈtʃiz ˌsɔs /

noun

• cheese sauces
  plural

1. a sauce made of butter, milk, flour, and cheese, usually cheddar.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cheese sauces
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cheese sauce

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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cheese sauce

The boat is named Rarebit, which is also the name of a traditional Welsh meal consisting of seasoned melted cheese sauce served over hot toast.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

They experimented internally with reducing the amount of cheese, mac and cheese’s costliest component, checking the effect on taste, texture, mouthfeel, cheesiness and “cling”—how the cheese sauce stuck to the noodles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

For weeknight practicality, a cheese sauce is your shortcut — the kind that clings to each fry like it was made just for it.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2025

I’ll get chocolate vanilla swirl with a side of four burgers and cheese sauce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024

I lunch at Wendy’s, where $4.99 gets you unlimited refills at the Mexican part of the Super-bar, a comforting surfeit of refried beans and cheese sauce.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich