roux
/ɹuː/
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plural/ɹuːz/
roux noun: a mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.
Noun
roux (countable and uncountable, plural roux)
- A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.
- “The problem with the classic mother sauces,” according to the chef Michael Solomonov, who cooks modern Israeli food at his restaurant Zahav in Philadelphia, “is that most of them are made with roux. Now, roux is out. Nobody uses it, except when you’re making macaroni and cheese.”2016 August 2, Samin Nosrat, “Five Sauces for the Modern Cook”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2016
Proper noun capitalized: Roux
Roux
- A speedsolving method in which the user solves a Rubik's cube block-by-block rather than layer-by-layer.
- A surname
roux meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Gujarati
roux in Tamil
- மாவு, கொழுப்புக் கலவை
roux in Telugu
- రౌక్స్
roux in Malayalam
- റൂക്സ്, റൌക്സ്
roux in Gujarati
- રોઉક્સ
Forms of roux
| plural | roux |
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Origin of roux
Borrowed from French roux.
Rubik's cube thingy's named after French speedcuber Gilles Roux (WCA ID: 2004ROUX01).
Words formed from roux
Phrases with roux
Words that rhyme with roux
Questions about roux
- What does roux mean?
- Roux means a mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.
- What is roux in Tamil?
- Roux in Tamil is மாவு, கொழுப்புக் கலவை. See Roux meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is roux?
- Roux can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce roux?
- Roux is pronounced /ɹuː/.
- What is the plural of roux?
- The plural of roux is roux.
Words near roux in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: roux (page history and authors); Roux (page history and authors); roux (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); roux (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roux (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roux (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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