roux C2 Topic:Cooking & Baking US /ɹuː/ UK /ɹuː/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a mixture of flour and fat cooked together and used to thicken a sauce, soup, or stew She cooked flour and butter together to make the roux that would thicken the sauce. Etymology Borrowed from French roux. Topics Cooking & Baking External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # roux **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɹuː/ **IPA (UK):** /ɹuː/ ## Meanings 1. a mixture of flour and fat cooked together and used to thicken a sauce, soup, or stew ## Examples - She cooked flour and butter together to make the roux that would thicken the sauce. ## Etymology Borrowed from French roux. ## Topics - Cooking & Baking markdown