noun
- a liquid or soft mixture served with food to add flavor or enhance its general appeal
- 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
Origin:
ME < OFr sause, saulse < L salsa, salted food < pl. of salsus, pp. of salire, to salt < sal, salt
transitive verb sauced, saucing
- to flavor or season with a sauce
- to give flavor or relish to
- Informal to be impudent or impertinent to