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

One by one, they lifted a package of cheese sauce and poured out the liquid in a slow orange ribbon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Its pink-and-green neon parrot sign lit the way to some of the most satisfying chili cheese fries I’ve ever eaten: crinkle-cut potatoes, sheeny Velveeta-yellow cheese sauce, chili ladled from a mini-crockpot in the back.

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

Jennifer tells Emma to wipe the cheese sauce off her chin.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson