roux
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roux¹
- /ɹuː/
- /ɹuːz/ plural
Sounds like rue, roo · Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French roux.
noun 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.”
Roux²
- /ɹuː/
Where it comes from
Rubik's cube thingy's named after French speedcuber Gilles Roux (WCA ID: 2004ROUX01).
proper noun
- A speedsolving method in which the user solves a Rubik's cube block-by-block rather than layer-by-layer.
- A surname
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ruddy, red, amber, roe, thickener, thrasher, roh, roo, pol, y, rho, ross, berger, rowe, diez, rau
Translations
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noun mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
| Español | roux |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ルー rū |
| 中文 | 奶油炒麵糊 /奶油炒面糊 nǎiyóu chǎo miànhú, 乳酪麵粉糊 /乳酪面粉糊 rǔlào miànfěn hú, 炒麵糊 /炒面糊 chǎo miànhú |
| Português | roux |
| Français | roux |
| Deutsch | Mehlschwitze, Einbrenn |
| Italiano | roux |
| Română | rântaș |
| Русский | ру |
| עברית | רביכה revikhá |
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title = {roux},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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