white sauce

American  

noun

1. a sauce made of butter, flour, seasonings, and milk or sometimes chicken or veal stock; béchamel.

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white sauce British  

noun

1. a thick sauce made from flour, butter, seasonings, and milk or stock

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Etymology

Origin of white sauce

First recorded in 1715–25

Example Sentences

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white sauce

Or even the thin, white sauce from your favorite halal cart.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2025

It's made with white sauce, cheese, ham and mustard, cooked under the grill.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

I make a really good one with red or white sauce, but my red sauce is the No. 1 thing on the menu.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024

Since 2020, a gallon of yogurt-based white sauce has climbed to $13 from $9.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

“I run the potatoes and the cream through the blender before I add it to the white sauce in the pot,” I say.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles