Definition of 'sauce'
Word forms: sauces
mass noun
A sauce is a thick liquid which is served with other food.
...pasta cooked in a sauce of garlic, tomatoes, and cheese.
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Word Frequency
sauce in American English
verb transitiveWord forms: sauced or ˈsaucing
7.
to flavor or
season with a sauce
8.
to give flavor or
relish to
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Word origin
ME < OFr sause, saulse < L salsa, salted food < pl. of salsus, pp. of salire, to salt < sal,
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sauce in British English
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Derived forms
sauceless (ˈsauceless) adjective
Word origin
C14: via Old French from Latin salsus salted, from salīre to sprinkle with salt, from sal salt
Word Frequency
sauce in Hospitality
(sɔs)
Word forms: (regular plural) sauces
noun (count) (noncount)
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, meat)
A sauce is a thick liquid which is served with other food.
The pasta is cooked in a sauce of garlic, tomatoes, and cheese.
Pour the mushroom sauce over the steaks and serve them.
Could I have the ice cream with chocolate sauce on the side?
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sauce
British English: sauce
/sɔːs/ NOUN
A sauce is a thick liquid which is served with other food.
...a sauce of garlic, tomatoes, and cheese.
- American English: sauce
- Arabic: صَلْصَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: molho
- Chinese: 酱汁
- Croatian: umak
- Czech: omáčka
- Danish: sovs
- Dutch: saus
- European Spanish: salsa
- Finnish: kastike
- French: sauce cuisinée
- German: Soße
- Greek: σάλτσα
- Italian: salsa
- Japanese: ソース
- Korean: 소스
- Norwegian: saus
- Polish: sos jedzenie
- European Portuguese: molho
- Romanian: sos
- Russian: соус
- Spanish: salsa
- Swedish: sås
- Thai: น้ำปรุงรส
- Turkish: sos
- Ukrainian: соус
- Vietnamese: xốt
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