sauce
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sauce/sɔːs/
▶noun
- 1 a liquid or semi-liquid substance served with food to add moistness and flavour.
- 2 N. Amer. stewed fruit, especially apples.
- 3 (the sauce) informal alcoholic drink.
- 4 informal, chiefly Brit. impertinence.
- 1 season with a sauce.
- 2 make more interesting and exciting.
- 3 informal be impudent to.
– origin ME: from OFr., based on L. salsus ‘salted’, past part. of salere ‘to salt’, from sal ‘salt’; cf. salad.
'sauce' also found in these Oxford entries:
Alfredo
- Amatriciana
- arrabbiata
- baked beans
- banana split
- barbecue sauce
- Béarnaise sauce
- béchamel
- beurre blanc
- blanquette
- bordelaise
- brandy butter
- bread sauce
- brown sauce
- Buffalo wings
- bullshot
- cacciatore
- Caesar salad
- cannelloni
- carbonara
- carpaccio
- cauliflower cheese
- chasseur sauce
- coronation chicken
- coulis
- cream
- crudités
- Cumberland sauce
- curry
- custard
- deglaze
- demi-glace
- dip
- dope
- dressing
- eggs Benedict
- enchilada
- enrobe
- fondue
- foo yong
- fricandeau
- fricassée
- galantine
- gravy
- guacamole
- hard sauce
- harissa
- hoisin sauce
- hollandaise sauce
- horseradish
