cheese sauce

American  

[cheez saws] / ˈtʃiz ˌsɔs /

noun

1. a sauce made of butter, milk, flour, and cheese, usually cheddar.

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Etymology

Origin of cheese sauce

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

They experimented internally with reducing the amount of cheese, mac and cheese’s costliest component, checking the effect on taste, texture, mouthfeel, cheesiness and “cling”—how the cheese sauce stuck to the noodles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Its pink-and-green neon parrot sign lit the way to some of the most satisfying chili cheese fries I’ve ever eaten: crinkle-cut potatoes, sheeny Velveeta-yellow cheese sauce, chili ladled from a mini-crockpot in the back.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2025

I’ll get chocolate vanilla swirl with a side of four burgers and cheese sauce.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

While nothing here sang of artisanal quality, the creamy cheese sauce, gently seasoned ground beef, crunchy tostada-layer and warm, soft flour tortilla wrapper held an understandable appeal.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

One of the few veggies I would eat was cauliflower, and Gay smiled whenever I gobbled it down with either buttered bread crumbs or a cheddar cheese sauce.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter