First Known Use: 1813
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roux
noun \ˈrü\
plural roux \ˈrüz\
Definition of ROUX
: a cooked mixture of flour and fat used as a thickening agent in a soup or a sauce
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Origin of ROUX
French, from beurre roux brown butter
Rhymes with ROUX
blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo
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