Phrase guide

cheese sauce

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A sauce based on melted cheese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

white sauce with grated cheese

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: white sauce, bechamel sauce, bechamel

Narrower terms: Mornay sauce

History

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Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: ostesovs — sauce made by melting cheese
  • Finnish: juustokastike — sauce made by melting cheese
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ostesaus — sauce made by melting cheese
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ostesaus — sauce made by melting cheese
  • Polish: sos serowy — sauce made by melting cheese
  • Russian: сы́рный со́ус (sýrnyj sóus) — sauce made by melting cheese
  • Spanish: salsa de queso — sauce made by melting cheese
  • Swedish: ostsås — sauce made by melting cheese