Liaison

Quick meaning: Liaison is a noun meaning (cooking) A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.

Meaning

(cooking) A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.

More Meanings

1. Communication between two parties or groups.
2. Cooperation, working together.
3. (military) A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
4. Any person who relays information between two groups or organizations.
5. A tryst; a romantic meeting.
6. (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
7. (phonology) Fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs.

Example Sentences

[…]prepare a liaison, or four or five yolks of eggs and some cream […]

As a community liaison, I work to make sure the general public knows about our organization's work.

ostriches in breeding season are relentlessly promiscuous, with both males and females seeking liaisons with multiple partners.

Even her sex life is rigidly regulated, the liaisons with her married co-worker, Peter (Michael Esper), unfolding with more efficiency than pleasure.

Word Forms

• liaisons
• liaisoning
• liaisoned

Synonyms for liaison

Depending on context, synonyms include go-between, mediator, affair, intimacy, link, contact.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include involvement, link, contact, intimacy, affaire, affair.

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