sauce
7 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
sauces
plural
sauces
Britannica Dictionary definition of SAUCE
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:
a thick liquid that is eaten with or on food to add flavor to it
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see also soy sauce, tartar sauce, white sauce
[count]
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a delicious spaghetti/meat sauce
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She tried several sauces before she found one she liked.
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chicken in/with a cream sauce
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Cover the strawberries with the chocolate sauce.
[noncount]
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This pizza needs more sauce.
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[singular]
chiefly British, informal + old-fashioned
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rude or impolite language or actions
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I've had enough of your sauce!
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the sauce
US slang
:
alcoholic drinks
:
liquor
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He's been off the sauce [=he has not drunk any alcohol] for a month now.
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He's back on the sauce. [=he's drinking alcohol again]
