roux
pronunciation
How to pronounce roux in British English:
UK [ruː]
How to pronounce roux in American English:
US [ ruː]
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- Noun:
- a mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces
Word Origin
- roux
- roux: see russet
- roux (n.)
- sauce made from browned butter or fat, 1813, from French (beurre) roux "browned (butter)," from roux "red, reddish-brown," from Latin russus (see russet).
Example
- 1. But dr le roux had another motive for performing the operation .
- 2. Roux visited pyongyang at the end of october , le figaro said .
- 3. Roux : I should probably warn ya : you make friends with us , you make enemies with everyone else .
- 4. The change in marilyn was not unusual , according to dr le roux .
- 5. But dr le roux believes that within a few years it may be possible to engineer a change in the way obese people respond to food in other ways .