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Sauce Sɔːs Hot Served Noun Tomato/Cranberry/Chilli Chicken White

Word3 sauce
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /sɔːs/ /sɔːs/
Example
  • tomato/cranberry/chilli sauce
  • chicken in a white sauce
  • ice cream with a hot fudge sauce
  • pasta sauce (= sauce that is served with pasta)
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sauce

(noun)/sɔːs/ /sɔːs/
  1. a thick liquid that is eaten with food to add taste to it
    • SEE ALSO apple sauce
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/apple-sauce
    • tomato/cranberry/chilli sauce
    • chicken in a white sauce
    • ice cream with a hot fudge sauce
    • pasta sauce (= sauce that is served with pasta)
    • A honey-mustard dipping sauce helped add flavour to the crab cakes.
    • coconut tart served with hot chocolate sauce

    Extra Examples

    • Pour the sauce over the pasta.
    • We had lamb with mint sauce.
  2. talk or behaviour that is annoying or shows no respect
    • SYNONYM cheek
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cheek_2
  3. what one person is allowed to do, another person must be allowed to do in a similar situation
  4. Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin salsus ‘salted’, past participle of salere ‘to salt’, from sal ‘salt’. Compare with salad.
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