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sauce Listen to audio/ˈsɑ:s/ noun
plural sauc·es
1 : a thick liquid that is eaten with or on food to add flavor to it [count] a delicious spaghetti/meat sauce She tried several sauces before she found one she liked. chicken in/with a cream sauce Cover the strawberries with the chocolate sauce. [noncount] This pizza needs more sauce.see also soy sauce, tartar sauce, white sauce
2 [count] : boiled or canned fruit
cranberry saucesee also applesauce
3 [singular] chiefly Brit, informal + old-fashioned : rude or impolite language or actions
I've had enough of your sauce!
4 the sauce US slang : alcoholic drinks : liquor
He's been off the sauce [=he has not drunk any alcohol] for a month now. He's back on the sauce. [=he's drinking alcohol again]
what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gandersee 1goose

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