cream sauce

American  

noun

1. a white sauce made of cream or milk, flour, and butter.

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cream sauce British  

noun

1. a white sauce made from cream, butter, etc

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Example Sentences

Corkscrew pasta with spring vegetables — peas, maybe some asparagus, curls of lemon zest — topped with herbed breadcrumbs and a horseradish cream sauce.

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2025

We ate farfalle in cream sauce and tiramisu, huddled under quilts, watching “The Blues Brothers” on a laptop.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2024

It tastes like a steamed fish curry custard, with soft pieces of fish steeped in a mild coconut cream sauce.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

But what if a piece of chicken, drenched in a sun-dried tomato cream sauce, was the best shortcut to the altar?

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2023

When tender, it should be carefully lifted to the vegetable dish and the cream sauce poured around the base.

From Cookery for Little Girls by Foster, Olive Hyde