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béchamel

UK[ˈbɛʃəmɛɫ]

béchamel is the ellipsis of béchamel sauce.

Meaning of béchamel sauce

Noun

béchamel sauce (countable and uncountable, plural béchamel sauces)

  1. A simple white sauce made from a roux of butter and flour to which hot milk is added.

Forms of béchamel

pluralbéchamels

Origin of béchamel

Borrowed from French béchamel.

Phrases with béchamel

Questions about béchamel

What is béchamel the ellipsis of?
Béchamel is the ellipsis of béchamel sauce.
How do you pronounce béchamel?
Béchamel is pronounced [ˈbɛʃəmɛɫ] (UK).

Words near béchamel in the dictionary

  1. béarnaise
  2. béarnaise sauce
  3. béarnaise sauces
  4. béarnaises
  5. Bébé
  6. béchamel
  7. béchamel sauce
  8. béchamel sauces
  9. béchamels
  10. Béchar
  11. béguin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: béchamel (page history and authors); béchamel sauce (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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