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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A mixture of flour and fat cooked together and used as a thickening.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In cookery, a material composed of melted butter and flour, used to thicken soups and gravies.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Cookery) A thickening, made of flour, for soups and gravies.

WordNet 3.0

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

Etymologies

  1. French (Wiktionary)
  2. French (beurre) roux, browned (butter), from Old French rous, reddish brown, from Latin russus, red; see reudh- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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