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sauce

Syllabification: (sauce)
Pronunciation: /sôs/

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Definition of sauce

noun

  • 1thick liquid served with food, usually savory dishes, to add moistness and flavor:tomato sauce the cubes can be added to soups and sauces
  • stewed fruit, especially apples, eaten as dessert or used as a garnish.
  • 2 (the sauce) informal alcoholic drink:she’s been on the sauce for years
  • 3 informal, chiefly British impertinence.

verb

[with object]
  • 1 (usually be sauced) provide a sauce for (something); season with a sauce.
  • make more interesting and exciting.
  • 2 informal be rude or impudent to (someone).

Phrases

what's sauce (or good) for the goose is sauce (or good) for the gander

proverb what is appropriate in one case is also appropriate in the other case in question.

Derivatives

sauceless

adjective

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin salsus 'salted', past participle of salere 'to salt', from sal 'salt'. Compare with salad

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