sauce
Pronounced:
/ˈsɑ:s/
Function:
nounInflected forms:
plural sauc·esMeaning:
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]
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]
what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander —see 1goose