tartar sauce

tartar sauce

n. Mayonnaise mixed with chopped pickles and other ingredients, used as a condiment for fish and other seafood.

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[Translation of French sauce tartare : sauce, sauce + tartare, Tartar.]

tar′tar sauce`

n. a mayonnaise sauce containing chopped pickles, olives, capers, etc., served with fish. [< French sauce tartare]

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tartar sauce - mayonnaise with chopped pickles and sometimes capers and shallots and parsley and hard-cooked egg; sauce for seafood especially fried fishtartare saucesauce - flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food

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