Phrase guide

bread sauce

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A savoury sauce thickened with bread, often based on milk or cream with seasonings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

creamy white sauce made with bread instead of flour and seasoned with cloves and onion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: sauce

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Across languages

Translations

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  • Irish: anlann aráin roiste — savoury sauce thickened with bread