sauce

sauce (sôs)

noun

1. a liquid or soft mixture served with food to add flavor or enhance its general appeal
2. a flavored syrup used as a topping, as on ice cream
☆ stewed or preserved fruit
something that adds interest, zest, or flavor
Dialectal garden vegetables eaten as a side dish
Informal impertinence; impudence
☆ Slang alcoholic liquor: usually with the

Etymology: ME < OFr sause, saulse < L salsa, salted food < pl. of salsus, pp. of salire, to salt < sal, salt

transitive verb sauced, sauc′·ing

A condiment
appetizer, gravy, seasoning; see flavoring, food.
Varieties of sauce, sense 1, include: barbecue, caper, pesto, béarnaise, picante, remoulade, aioli, béchamel, drawn butter, Colbert, hollandaise, tartar, horseradish, Worcestershire, Spanish, mushroom, mustard, velouté, raisin, madeira, cheese, dill, tomato, wine, soy, duck, chef's special.
Stewed fruit
cooked fruit, fruit butter, conserve, preserve.
Varieties of sauce, sense 2, include: apple, gooseberry, blueberry, blackberry, boysenberry, loganberry, raspberry, strawberry, cranberry, orange, pear, peach, plum, cherry, grape, apricot, nectarine, prune.

Converse of object

curry: We had the New Zealand mussels in red Thai coconut curry sauce.
thicken: Cover dish and cook at 150°C for 3 hours, leaving the lid off for the last hour to thicken the yummy sauce.
pour: Slice the meat then pour the sauce over the mutton.
dip: The Godson had waffle fries, which are deep fried waffle cut potatoes with dipping sauce.
reheat: When the fish is nearly done, reheat the sauce over low heat.
drizzle: Put the mussels on four warm plates, and drizzle the sauce over them.

Preposition: for

Adjective modifier

creamy: Choose tomato based sauces rather than creamy sauces, avoid creamy style soups.
spicy: It was filled with a cool creamy avocado in a delicious spicy chicken sauce.
tangy: The wings were succulent with a sweet, tangy sauce, while the fries were crisp, golden and lightly salted.
sour: We also enjoyed a refreshing mixed fruit salad, fired up with hot and sour sauces and spices.
tomato-based: If your son likes tomato-based sauces, try mixing these with pasta, or serve some ratatouille with a meal.
piquant: These spareribs are marinated, deep-fried, then slowly braised in a piquant sauce.

Noun used with modifier

soy: Use an acidic liquid - lemon juice, soy sauce, vinegar, or broth - to break down the tough protein fibers.
tomato: Once the tomato sauce is hot mix half the beans with half the sauce.
chili: Making sure the fat chips were not left out, I offered my chili sauce.
cranberry: I was trapped in the rubble for several days and was forced to eat my mother, who was covered in cranberry sauce.
pasta: Adding them to a pasta sauce or soup will take up the flavor of the dish.
mustard: You should try Gastro in Clapham, opposite The Clapham Picture House and have the fish soup with mustard sauce.

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