"white sauce" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: white sauces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} white sauce (countable and uncountable, plural white sauces)
  1. A simple sauce made from flour, milk and butter; Béchamel sauce. Tags: countable, uncountable Coordinate_terms: brown sauce Translations (simple sauce made from flour, butter and milk — see also béchamel sauce): valkokastike (Finnish), sauce blanche [feminine] (French), anlann bán [masculine] (Irish), beszamel [masculine] (Polish), biały sos [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-white_sauce-en-noun-R5E42M9M Categories (other): Sauces Disambiguation of Sauces: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'simple sauce made from flour, butter and milk — see also béchamel sauce': 93 7
  2. Mayonnaise. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-white_sauce-en-noun-laHCa1XF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Sauces Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Sauces: 50 50

Inflected forms

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