Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

white sauce

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables: white sauce
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A simple sauce made from flour, milk and butter; Béchamel sauce.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

white sauces (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

brown sauce

Synonyms

bechamel sauce bechamel

Questions

What does white sauce mean?: A simple sauce made from flour, milk and butter; Béchamel sauce.

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