ROUX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roux mean? 

• ROUX (noun)
  The noun ROUX has 1 sense:

1. a mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces

  Familiarity information: ROUX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROUX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("roux" is a kind of...):

concoction; intermixture; mixture (any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients)