What does sauce mean?
Definitions for sauce
sɔssauce
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word sauce.
Princeton's WordNet
sauce(verb)
flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
sauce(verb)
behave saucily or impudently towards
sauce(verb)
dress (food) with a relish
sauce(verb)
add zest or flavor to, make more interesting
"sauce the roast"
Wiktionary
sauce(Noun)
A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food
Etymology: From sauce, from salsa, noun use of the feminine of salsus, past participle of salio, from sal.
sauce(Noun)
cheek, impertinence
Etymology: From sauce, from salsa, noun use of the feminine of salsus, past participle of salio, from sal.
sauce(Noun)
booze, alcohol
Etymology: From sauce, from salsa, noun use of the feminine of salsus, past participle of salio, from sal.
sauce(Noun)
anabolic steroids
Etymology: From sauce, from salsa, noun use of the feminine of salsus, past participle of salio, from sal.
sauce(Noun)
Vegetables.
Etymology: From sauce, from salsa, noun use of the feminine of salsus, past participle of salio, from sal.
sauce(Noun)
A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
Etymology: From sauce, from salsa, noun use of the feminine of salsus, past participle of salio, from sal.
sauce(Noun)
Source; a term said when requesting the source of an image.
Etymology: From sauce, from salsa, noun use of the feminine of salsus, past participle of salio, from sal.
sauce(Verb)
to add sauce to something
Etymology: From sauce, from salsa, noun use of the feminine of salsus, past participle of salio, from sal.
sauce(Verb)
to act in a cheeky manner
Etymology: From sauce, from salsa, noun use of the feminine of salsus, past participle of salio, from sal.
Webster Dictionary
Sauce(noun)
a composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc
Etymology: [F.]
Sauce(noun)
any garden vegetables eaten with meat
Etymology: [F.]
Sauce(noun)
stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish; as, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, etc
Etymology: [F.]
Sauce(noun)
sauciness; impertinence
Etymology: [F.]
Sauce(verb)
to accompany with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to season; to flavor
Etymology: [F.]
Sauce(verb)
to cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to
Etymology: [F.]
Sauce(verb)
to make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive
Etymology: [F.]
Sauce(verb)
to treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to
Etymology: [F.]
Sauce(noun)
a soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump
Etymology: [F.]
Freebase
Sauce
In cooking, a sauce is liquid, cream or semi-solid food served on or used in preparing other foods. Sauces are not normally consumed by themselves; they add flavor, moisture, and visual appeal to another dish. Sauce is a French word taken from the Latin salsa, meaning salted. Possibly the oldest sauce recorded is garum, the fish sauce used by the Ancient Greeks. Sauces need a liquid component, but some sauces may contain more solid elements than liquid. Sauces are an essential element in cuisines all over the world. Sauces may be used for savory dishes or for desserts. They can be prepared and served cold, like mayonnaise, prepared cold but served lukewarm like pesto, or can be cooked like bechamel and served warm or again cooked and served cold like apple sauce. Some sauces are industrial inventions like Worcestershire sauce, HP sauce, or nowadays mostly bought ready-made like soy sauce or ketchup, others still are freshly prepared by the cook. Sauces for salads are called salad dressing. Sauces made by deglazing a pan are called pan sauces. A cook who specializes in making sauces is a saucier.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sauce
saws, n. a liquid seasoning for food, consisting of salt, &c.: fruit stewed with sugar: a relish: impudence.—v.t. to put sauce in to relish: to make poignant: to gratify the palate: to treat with bitter or pert language: to make suffer.—ns. Sauce′-alone′, a cruciferous plant with a strong garlic smell, Jack-by-the-hedge; Sauce′-boat, a vessel with a spout for holding sauce; Sauce′-box, an impudent person; Sauce′-cray′on, a soft, black pastel used for backgrounds; Sauce′pan, a pan in which sauce or any small thing is boiled; Sauce′pan-fish, the king-crab.—Poor man's sauce, hunger; Serve one with the same sauce, to requite one injury with another, to make to suffer. [Fr. sauce—L. salsa, neut. pl. of salsus, pa.p. of salīre, salsum, to salt—sal, salt.]
Editors Contribution
sauce
A type of food created and formed in various colors, ingredients and recipes,
There are so many varieties of sauce on the condiment aisle.
Submitted by MaryC on April 18, 2020
Suggested Resources
sauce
Song lyrics by sauce -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by sauce on the Lyrics.com website.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'sauce' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4253
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'sauce' in Nouns Frequency: #2148
Anagrams for sauce »
cause, 'cause
Cause
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sauce in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sauce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of sauce in a Sentence
Oh my God, that’s the sweetest person who’s ever lived, we had more fun, more good times than I think two people have ever had working together. We talk to each other once a month on the phone. We talk about good times. We have a wonderful conversation every time we talk. I ’ll send her my spaghetti sauce, she sends me a piece of cake she’s made or something. We’re very close. Whatever you think about Doris, it’s true. She’s as sweet and as wonderful as anybody you’ve ever known. I just adore here.
That's the secret sauce, let's just say it's all about the infrastructure and the excitement.
Unless they have found some sort of secret sauce to generate a significantly greater white vote than they got last time -- just replicating the turnout that they got on Nov. 4 is not going to do it.
You want to see the sauce between the cheese, so it has some room to melt.
The irony for me is meat is the normal star of the show, but I like all of the sides, fixings and vegetables, roast some vegetables, of course, but make sure you have a great slaw and innovate a little bit. Maybe do some slaws with some new flavors : soy sauce, fish sauce and brighten everything up with a lot of acids like citrus to match with the fats and to pair well with your beer.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for sauce
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- sousAfrikaans
- مَرَقة, صَلْصَة, مَرَقArabic
- соўс, падліўкаBelarusian
- cоcBulgarian
- omáčkaCzech
- sawsWelsh
- sovsDanish
- Soße, SauceGerman
- σάλτσαGreek
- saŭcoEsperanto
- chupe, salsaSpanish
- kasteEstonian
- saltsaBasque
- سسPersian
- soppa, kastikeFinnish
- sósFaroese
- sauceFrench
- anlannIrish
- sùghScottish Gaelic
- רוטבHebrew
- चटनीHindi
- mártás, szemtelenség, szószHungarian
- սոուսArmenian
- sausIndonesian
- saucoIdo
- sósaIcelandic
- salsaItalian
- ソースJapanese
- საწებელიGeorgian
- соусKazakh
- ទឹកជ្រលក់Khmer
- 소스Korean
- embamma, sūcusLatin
- ZoossLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ນ້ຳຈິ້ມ, ນໍ້າແຈ່ວ, ນ້ຳແກງ, ຍັງLao
- padažasLithuanian
- mērceLatvian
- сос, преливMacedonian
- sosMalay
- saus opdoen, saus, onbeleefde opmerkingen, onbeleefd zijnDutch
- sausNorwegian
- sosPolish
- molhoPortuguese
- sosRomanian
- соус, подливкаRussian
- умак, sos, сос, umakSerbo-Croatian
- omáčkaSlovak
- omakaSlovene
- salcëAlbanian
- såsSwedish
- ซอส, น้ำปลาThai
- salçaTurkish
- соус, підливаUkrainian
- xốt, tương, nước chấmVietnamese
- sodVolapük
Get even more translations for sauce »
Translation
Find a translation for the sauce definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"sauce." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2021. Web. 21 Apr. 2021. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/sauce>.