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# roux

noun (a roux, roux or rouxs)

«roux» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (cooking) A roux is a mixture of melted butter (or fat) and flour cooked together, used to thicken sauces, soups and gravy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roux/#m1)
2. Roux is also a French word meaning reddish-brown; it is a French surname too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roux/#m2)

### In the lessons

In cooking lessons, a roux is the first step of white sauce for macaroni cheese or lasagne: melt butter, stir in flour, then slowly add milk. In Cajun and Creole cooking from Louisiana, a dark roux gives flavour to gumbo. The word is French.

### Examples

- Melt the butter, add the flour, and stir to make a roux. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roux/#x1)
- Slowly whisk milk into the roux for a smooth white sauce. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roux/#x2)
- A roux thickens the gravy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roux/#x3)
- Cook the roux for a minute so it doesn't taste of flour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roux/#x4)
- Gumbo in Louisiana starts with a dark brown roux. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roux/#x5)
- Our cheese sauce was lumpy because the roux was too hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roux/#x6)
- Use the same amount of butter and flour for a roux. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roux/#x7)

### Note

Say "roo"; the x is silent (French). Plural is the same (roux) or sometimes rouxs. Safety: hot fat burns, so an adult should help at the cooker.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «roux» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roux/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«roux» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/roux.html) on Mova free.