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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sauce /sɔs/USA pronunciation n., v., sauced, sauc•ing. n. - Fooda liquid food, such as gravy, put on food: [uncountable]He makes his own spaghetti sauce.[countable]some spicy sauces.
- Food stewed fruit:[uncountable]cranberry sauce.
- Informal Termsdisrespectful words or behavior;
sauciness:[uncountable]She won't take any more of his sauce. - Slang Termsalcoholic drink:[uncountable* usually: the + ~]He is on the sauce again (= He is drinking heavily).
v. [~ + object] - Informal Termsto speak disrespectfully to;
sass.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sauce (sôs),USA pronunciation n., v., sauced, sauc•ing. n. - Foodany preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- Foodstewed fruit, often puréed and served as an accompaniment to meat, dessert, or other food:cranberry sauce.
- something that adds piquance or zest.
- Informal Termsimpertinence;
sauciness. - Slang Termshard liquor (usually prec. by the):He's on the sauce again.
- [Archaic.]garden vegetables eaten with meat.
v.t. - Foodto dress or prepare with sauce;
season:meat well sauced. - Foodto make a sauce of:Tomatoes must be sauced while ripe.
- to give piquance or zest to.
- to make agreeable or less harsh.
- Informal Termsto speak impertinently or saucily to.
- Late Latin salsa, noun, nominal use of feminine of Latin salsus salted, past participle of sallere to salt, derivative of sāl salt
- Middle French
- Middle English 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sauce /sɔːs/ n - any liquid or semiliquid preparation eaten with food to enhance its flavour
- anything that adds piquancy
- US Canadian stewed fruit
- informal impudent language or behaviour
vb (transitive)- to prepare (food) with sauce
- to add zest to
- informal to be saucy to
Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French from Latin salsus salted, from salīre to sprinkle with salt, from sal salt |