Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brown sauce

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.22 in modern English

Syllables
brown sauce
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sauce made by the addition of stock to a heated and browned mixture of butter and flour.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of many brands of bottled sauce based on malt vinegar, fruit and spices.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Gravy.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

brown sauces (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

white sauce

Synonyms

sauce espagnole chinese brown sauce

Questions

What does brown sauce mean?
A sauce made by the addition of stock to a heated and browned mixture of butter and flour.

How to pronounce brown sauce

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