Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rich, buttery sauce made with onions, brown gravy, and red wine and served especially with steaks and roasts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Cookery) A sauce consisting of brown sauce with mushrooms and red wine or madeira.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun brown sauce with mushrooms and red wine or Madeira
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French : marchand, merchant + de, of + vin, wine.]
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