Definitions for sauce
sɔssauce

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. sauce(verb)

   flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food

2. sauce(verb)

   behave saucily or impudently towards

3. sauce(verb)

   dress (food) with a relish

4. sauce(verb)

   add zest or flavor to, make more interesting

   "sauce the roast"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

2. sauce(Noun)

   cheek, impertinence

   Etymology: From sauce, from salsa, noun use of the feminine of salsus, past participle of salio, from sal.

3. sauce(Noun)

   booze, alcohol

   Etymology: From sauce, from salsa, noun use of the feminine of salsus, past participle of salio, from sal.

4. sauce(Noun)

   anabolic steroids

   Etymology: From sauce, from salsa, noun use of the feminine of salsus, past participle of salio, from sal.

5. sauce(Noun)

   Vegetables.

   Etymology: From sauce, from salsa, noun use of the feminine of salsus, past participle of salio, from sal.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

2. Sauce(noun)

   any garden vegetables eaten with meat

   Etymology: [F.]

3. Sauce(noun)

   stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish; as, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, etc

   Etymology: [F.]

4. Sauce(noun)

   sauciness; impertinence

   Etymology: [F.]

5. Sauce(verb)

   to accompany with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to season; to flavor

   Etymology: [F.]

6. 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.]

7. Sauce(verb)

   to make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive

   Etymology: [F.]

8. Sauce(verb)

   to treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to

   Etymology: [F.]

9. Sauce(noun)

   a soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump

   Etymology: [F.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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  

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sauce' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4253

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sauce' in Nouns Frequency: #2148

Anagrams for sauce »

1. cause, 'cause

2. Cause

How to pronounce sauce?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sauce in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sauce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of sauce in a Sentence

1. Coming to America:

   Cleo McDowell Look... me and the McDonald's people got this little misunderstanding. See, they're McDonald's... I'm McDowell's. They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs. They got the Big Mac, I got the Big Mick. We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but their buns have sesame seeds. My buns have no seeds.

2. Francesco Caracciolo, on alcohol:

   In England there are sixty different religions and only one sauce.

3. Baskin Financial Services vice president:

   I don't know if they've got the secret sauce to make it a go a second time.

4. Gladys Fernandez:

   In Malaysia, the best is nasi lemak, rice cooked with coconut milk accompanied with red hot spicy sauce and fried anchovies with peanuts and cucumber and boiled eggs. It is usually for breakfast. A complete meal.

5. Hugh Mangum:

   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.

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