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n. - A foundation sauce made of stock thickened with flour browned in fat with added seasonings to taste.

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Usage examples (35)
  • The 'mother sauces,' b chamel, espagnole, tomato and velout
  • "Description de la partie espagnole de l'isle Saint-Domingue";
  • Oh -- we watched L'auberge espagnole last night, Nora and I, and it was really great!
  • The way he sits around so doe-eyed and, well, "mou" in "L'auberge espagnole" drove me nuts.
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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