Phrase guide

brown sauce

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A sauce made by the addition of stock to a heated and browned mixture of butter and flour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of many brands of bottled sauce based on malt vinegar, fruit and spices.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • HP Sauce is a popular variety of brown sauce.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Gravy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • He put brown sauce on the mashed potatoes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

bouillon or beef stock thickened with butter and flour roux and variously seasoned with herbs or Worcestershire etc.

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sauce Espagnole

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sauce

5

noun

Meaning 5

a sauce based on soy sauce

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chinese brown sauce

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sauce

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: salsa fosca — stock, butter and flour
  • Finnish: ruskeakastike — stock, butter and flour
  • French: sauce brune — stock, butter and flour
  • Irish: anlann donn — stock, butter and flour
  • Polish: sos brązowy — stock, butter and flour
  • Welsh: saws brown — stock, butter and flour
  • Polish: sos brązowy — bottled sauce made of vinegar, fruit and spices
  • Welsh: sos brown — bottled sauce made of vinegar, fruit and spices