sauce 
/ˈsɑ:s/ noun
plural sauc·es /ˈsɑ:s/ noun 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 sauce — see 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]
▪ cranberry sauce — see also applesauce
▪ I've had enough of your sauce!
▪ 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 gander — see 1goose
