Sauce

Definition: Sauce

Sauce

Noun

1. Flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food.

Verb

1. Behave saucy or impudently towards.

2. Dress with a relish, for example, as of food.

3. Add zest or flavor to, make more interesting; "sauce the roast".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sauce" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Satire

Literature

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Adjunct

Noun: adjunct; addition, additament; additum, affix, appelidage, annexe, annex; augment, augmentation; increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item; garnish, sauce; accompaniment; adjective, addendum; complement, supplement; continuation.

Condiment

Noun: condiment, seasoning, sauce, spice, relish, appetizer.

Salt; mustard, grey poupon mustard; pepper, black pepper, white pepper, peppercorn, curry, sauce piquante; caviare, onion, garlic, pickle; achar, allspice; bell pepper, Jamaica pepper, green pepper; chutney; cubeb, pimento.

Equality

Phrase: it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing; what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Malediction

Abuse; foul language, bad language, strong language, unparliamentary language; billingsgate, sauce, evil speaking; cursing; Verb: profane swearing, oath; foul invective, ribaldry, rude reproach, scurrility.

Mixture

Alloy, amalgam; brass, chowchow, pewter; magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts; jumble; (disorder); salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn; mosaic; (variegation).

Pain

Treat; regale; (physical pleasure); dainty; tidbit; nuts, sauce piquante.

Payment

Pay one's way, pay one's shot, pay one's footing; pay the piper, pay sauce for all, pay costs; do the needful; shell out, fork out; cough up, fork over; come down with, come down with the dust; tickle the palm, grease the palm; expend; put down, lay down.

Crosswords: Sauce

Danish (gravy, sauce), French (dressing, gravy, sauce), German (gravy, sauce), Spanish (sallow, willow).

We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but their buns have sesame seeds (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield)

Kids with no teeth who do nothing but play the banjo eat apple sauce through a straw pork farm animals (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft)

We need more secret sauce! Put this mayonnaise in the sun (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

You know what this can use? Some hot sauce! (Cedric the Entertainer Presents; writing credit: Charles Peattie; Mark Warren)

No one can stand playing with you. You're bad, you get taco sauce all over the cards, and at this point you're down so much, you're paying people in turquoise jewelry (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)

Hot fudge sauce and it's all over my Timberlands (What's Your Flava?; performing artist: Craig David)

Call me Hoss, I'm the Boss, with the sauce in the horse (Cowboy; performing artist: KID ROCK)

Sweat from the hot sauce sweat from the D (Southern Hospitality; performing artist: Ludacris)

Mrs. Smith's Fish Sauce Shop. (references; author: unknown)

Sauce for the Goose (1918)

What's Sauce for the Goose (1916)

Toto gäte sauce (1909)

Aunt Jane's Experience with Tabasco Sauce (1900)

Fish Sauce Breath (2003)

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References

• Bull-Dog Sauce Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• NASCAR Cooks with TABASCO Brand Pepper Sauce (reference)

• New Soy Cookbook : Tempting Recipes for Soybeans, Soy Milk, Tofu, Tempeh, Miso and Soy Sauce (reference)

• Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making (reference)

• The Great Hot Sauce Book (reference)

• The Hot Sauce Bible (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Sauce Piquant (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Ranma 1/2 Random Rhapsody - Ukyo's Secret Sauce (Vol. 7) (reference)

• Sauce for the Goose (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• G. Love & Special Sauce (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Grilla Gear Nonstick Covered Sauce Caddy (reference)

• D'Artagnan's Sauteed Foie Gras with Wine Jelly Sauce by Frank Ottomanelli (reference)

• Ottomanelli's Romantic Meal Blackened Chicken Breast in Champagne Sauce (reference)

• Calphalon Kitchen Essentials 1-Quart Open Sauce Pan with Pour Spout (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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(1) color slide shows a plate of a whole meatloaf garnished with a sauce on top. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

(6) color slides show different pasta entrees. (1) fettucini noodles cooked with a butter or cream sauce, (1) spaghetti noodles cooked with tomato sauce, (2) spaghetti noodles cooked with tomato sauce and topped with meatballs, (1) macaroni and cheese, (1) one piece of macaroni and cheese on the prong of a fork. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

A shopper chooses between 2 packages of frozen peas. 1 box has a cream sauce. See artwork: PV-44. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Credit: Library of Congress.

Picking peppers for Green Heart tabasco sauce, New Iberia, La. / J.N. Thibodeaux & Co. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bottle of Royal Mint Sauce made for Horton-Cato Mfg. Co. Credit: Library of Congress.

The marvelous sauce. Credit: Library of Congress.

Marvellous [sic] sauce. Credit: Library of Congress.

Marvelous sauce. Credit: Library of Congress.

Home of Evangeline hot sauce. Saint Martinville, Louisiana. This sauce is made from hot peppers locally grown on small plots of ground by individual farmers. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The republic is sauce to the barony

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Adding cream sauce or melted cheese to your favorite vegetables. (references)

Mix food with butter, margarine, thin gravy, or sauce to make it easier to swallow. (references)

Soy sauce, meat tenderizer, and a variety of packaged foods contain this chemical which is touted as a flavor enhancer. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "sauce": aioli sauce ♦ allemande sauce ♦ anchovy sauce ♦ Apple sauce ♦ apricot sauce ♦ Atelets sauce ♦ barbecue sauce ♦ bechamel sauce ♦ Bercy sauce ♦ bolognese pasta sauce ♦ bourguignon sauce ♦ bread sauce ♦ brown onion sauce ♦ brown sauce ♦ burgundy sauce ♦ Caper sauce ♦ casing sauce ♦ cheese sauce ♦ chili sauce ♦ chinese brown sauce ♦ chocolate sauce ♦ cocktail sauce ♦ cranberry sauce ♦ cream sauce ♦ curry sauce ♦ custard sauce ♦ dill sauce ♦ duck sauce ♦ fruit sauce ♦ fudge sauce ♦ garlic sauce ♦ hard sauce ♦ hoisin sauce ♦ hollandaise sauce ♦ horseradish sauce ♦ hot sauce ♦ hungarian sauce ♦ hunter's sauce ♦ Jack sauce ♦ lyonnaise sauce ♦ mint sauce ♦ mornay sauce ♦ mushroom sauce ♦ mushroom win sauce ♦ mustard sauce ♦ Newburg sauce ♦ oil and lemon sauce ♦ paprika sauce ♦ pasta sauce ♦ peach sauce ♦ pepper sauce ♦ plum sauce ♦ remoulade sauce ♦ sauce Albert ♦ sauce aux hatelets ♦ sauce boat ♦ sauce box ♦ sauce chausseur ♦ sauce Espagnole ♦ sauce espanole ♦ sauce Louis ♦ sauce piquante ♦ sauce sweetening ♦ sauce velout'e ♦ sauce verte ♦ sauce vinaigrette ♦ seafood sauce ♦ shrimp sauce ♦ soy sauce ♦ soya sauce ♦ spaghetti sauce ♦ steak sauce ♦ tabasco sauce ♦ taco sauce ♦ tartar sauce ♦ tartare sauce ♦ To serve one the same sauce ♦ tomato sauce ♦ what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander ♦ white onion sauce ♦ white sauce ♦ wine sauce ♦ Worcester sauce ♦ Worcestershire sauce. Additional references.

Beginning with "sauce": sauce-alone, sauce-boat, sauce-boats, sauce-bottle, sauce-bottles, sauce-box, sauce-covered, sauce-making.

Ending with "sauce": brain-sauce, bread-sauce, cook-in-sauce, soy-sauce, tomato-sauce.

Afrikaans

sous (gravy). (various references)

Albanian

solucion teknologjik, salcë (dip, dressing, flavoring, flavouring, relish), prevede, pije alkoolike (alcohol, boose, booze, drink, fuddle, grog, guzzle, hard drink, hooch, hootch, libation, liquor, lush, ratafee, ratafia), paturpësi (backchat, brass, cheek, effrontery, face, gall, hardihood, impertinence, impudence, indecency, insolence, lewdness, liberty, lubricity, shamelessness, wantonness), pafytyrësi (backchat, effrontery, impertinence, insolence, lip), marmelatë (jam, marmalade), hedh salcë, garniturë perimore. (various references)

Arabic 

‏فاكهة مطبوخة, ‏مرق التوابل (dressing), ‏وقاحة (audacity, boldness, cheek, effrontery, face, flippancy, forwardness, gall, hardihood, immodesty, impertinence, impolicy, impudence, insolence, lip, manginess, nastiness, naughtiness, nerve, perkiness, pertness, presumption, sauciness), ‏تواقح (be insolent, be rude, take liberties), ‏صلصة (bechamel, dressing), ‏خضرة تؤكل مع اللحم. (various references)

Asturian

salsia. (various references)

Basque

saltsan (in a sauce). (various references)

Bavarian

soss (gravy). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сос (dressing, liquor, relish, vinaigrette), слагам сос на, компот от плодове, гарнирам със сос, отговарям дръзко на, отвръщам на (answer, return), нещо което придава разнообразие, нещо което придава пикантност (spice), зеленчуци с месо, придавам пикантност на (salt), поливам със сос, подправка (alloy, condiment, counterfeit, doctor, flavoring, flavouring, forgery, herb, imitation, relish, seasoning, spice), плодов кисел, питие (aperitif, beverage, booze, drink, quencher), дързост (arrogance, assumption, audacity, cheek, contumely, daring, forwardness, hardihood, hardiness, impudence, intrepidity, nerve, pluck, temerity, uppishness). (various references)

Catalan

salsa (gravy). (various references)

Cebuano

sawsawan. (various references)

Chamorro

satsa. (various references)

Chinese 

調味汁 (dressing), 调味汁. (various references)

Cornish

sows. (various references)

Croatian

umaku. (various references)

Czech

omáčka, omáèkou, omáèka (gravy), hubatost, drzost (audacity, brass, cheek, effrontery, face, front, impertinence, impudence, insolence, nerve, rudeness). (various references)

Danish

sauce (gravy). (various references)

Dutch

sop (gravy, lather), saus (gravy, ointment), jus (gravy). (various references)

Esperanto

saŭco (gravy), sa�"co. (various references)

Faeroese

sós (gravy). (various references)

Farsi 

نم زدن (Baste, Dabber, Dabble), چاشنی زدن به (Flavor, Garnish), چاشنی (Condiment, Detonator, Flavor, Primer, Relish), سوس , خوشمزه کردن (Zest), جاشنی غذا, اب خورش , رب . (various references)

Finnish

kastike (dressing, gravy, ketchup). (various references)

Flemish

roomsaus (cream sauce). (various references)

French

sauce (casing sauce, sauce sweetening). (various references)

Frisian

stip. (various references)

German

Soße (dressing, gravy, gunge, relish), Sauce (gravy), Tunke (dip, gravy, souse). (various references)

Greek 

σάλτσα (condiment, gravy), αρτύω με σάλτσα, αυθάδεια (audacity, effrontery, forwardness, impertinence, insolence, pertness, precocity, sauciness), αυθαδιάζω (cheek). (various references)

Hebrew 

מתבל, מחית (mash, puree), לתבל (flavour, salt, season, spice), ל�"תחצף (be insolent, be rude, cheek), תבול (flavouring, relish, seasoning, spicing), רוטב (dressing, gravy, juice), רסק (mash, puree). (various references)

Hungarian

mártás (dipping, dressing, gippo, gravy), szósz (dish gravy). (various references)

Indonesian

saus, kuah. (various references)

Inuktitut

ilaksak niqiliamut. (various references)

Irish

anlann. (various references)

Italian

salsa (curry, dip, dressing, gravy, relish). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

出し汁 (broth, stock). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

� しじる (broth, stock). (various references)

Korean 

소스. (various references)

Macedonian

sos. (various references)

Manx

soolagh (fricassee, juice, juicy, pithy), cur aunlyn rish, aunlyn (condiment, relish, savoury), assagys (pertness, sauciness). (various references)

Maya

sah-kool (white sauce), xpakil-iik (hot sauce), koolbil-kuutz (turkey with sauce). (various references)

Norwegian

saus (gravy). (various references)

Papiamen

sous (gravy). (various references)

Pig Latin

aucesay.(various references)

Portuguese

molho (bunch, cluster, dish gravy, fagot, gavel, gravy, sheaf, truss, tuft), tempero (condiment, dressing, flavoring, flavouring, gravy, seasoning, spice). (various references)

Provencal

sauça. (various references)

Romanian

suc de fructe (sherbet, squash), sos (liquor), zeamã (gravy, juice, liquor), obrãznicie (audacity, blunder, brass, break, cheek, coolness, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, lip, naughtiness, nerve, perkiness, pertness, trespass, unruliness), condiment (condiment, Flavor, flavoring, flavour, flavouring, relish, seasoning, spice), compot (compote, stewed fruit). (various references)

Romansch

sosa. (various references)

Russian 

соус (dressing, gravy, ranch dressing, salsa). (various references)

Samoan

sosi. (various references)

Scottish

sabhs. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sredstvo za nagrizanje, sos (dip, gravy, sos), začiniti sosom, umokac, povrće (vegetable, vegetables), odbrusiti (answer back, snap), bezobrazluk (contumely, gall, impudence, insolence). (various references)

Shona

muto (juice). (various references)

Sicilian

sarsa. (various references)

Slovene

omaki. (various references)

Somali

suugo. (various references)

Spanish

salsa (gravy, relish, salsa). (various references)

Sranan

sowsu (gravy). (various references)

Swazi

um-hlutí. (various references)

Swedish

sås (dressing, gravy, sause). (various references)

Tagalog

toyo (soy sauce), adobong (boiled in vinegar and soy sauce). (various references)

Thai

ใส่เครื่องปรุงรส (savor), น้ำปรุงรส. (various references)

Turkish

sululuk (juiciness, sass, sauciness, washiness), sos katmak, sos (condiment, dip, gravy, sass, seasoning), salça (tomato paste), terbiyelemek (season), terbiye (breeding, cultivation, decency, dressage, dressing, education, liaison, manners, nurture, politeness, schooling, seasoning), tepesine çıkmak, tat (Flavor, flavour, gustatory, relish, sapidity, savor, savoriness, savour, savouriness, sweet, taste, zest), lezzet (daintiness, Flavor, flavour, gladness, good taste, joy, lusciousness, relish, salt, sapidity, savor, savoriness, savour, savouriness, smack, taste, zest), komposto (compote), işvelilik, şımarıklık etmek, şımarıklık (conceit, pertness, sass, sauciness, waywardness), arsızlık (audacity, cheek, cheekiness, crust, effrontery, encroaching vigor, flippancy, front, hardihood, hardiness, immodesty, importunity, impudence, insolence, pertness, shamelessness), çeşni katmak (season, spice). (various references)

Ukrainian

соус (dip, gravy), фруктове пюре, грубіянити (answer back, cheek, talk up), грубо шпетити, нахабство (assurance, audacity, barefacedness, chat, cheek, contumely, effrontery, hardihood, insolence, insolency, neck, nerve), приправляти соусом. (various references)

Vietnamese 

dung dịch muối sự vô lễ, cái l� m thêm thú vị nước muối. (various references)

Welsh

saws. (various references)

colius, iora, iosue, iura, iure, iuris, ius, iusque, jus, numenius. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "sauce": sauceboat, sauceboats, saucebox, sauceboxes, sauced, saucepan, saucepans, saucer, saucerlike, saucers, sauces. (additional references)

Words ending with "sauce": applesauce, oversauce. (additional references)

Words containing "sauce": applesauces, oversauced, oversauces. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sauce" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: astucci, astuce, Asuka, asuse, Auca, Aucbe, Cauce, eaukay, esuce, Osafune, saaach, sace, saduce, saducee, saec, saice, sance, sarce, Saruca, Satucc, sauc, saucen, saucey, sauch, saucve, saude, sauge, sauk, sauke, saunce, saure, sause, sauve, Sauze, Savuka, scucca, scusi, seace, seaice, seece, seice, seuse, Shause, siece, Skauge, snaue, soce, soufce, stuca, suae, suase, suca, suce, Suke, Szuca. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cause.

-1 letter: aces, case, cues, ecus.

-2 letters: ace, cue, eau, ecu, sac, sae, sau, sea, sec, sue, use.

-3 letters: ae, as, es, us.

+1 letter: accuse, acutes, casque, caules, caused, causer, causes, causey, cayuse, cesura, clause, cuesta, fauces, muscae, sacque, sauced, saucer, sauces, uncase, usance.

+2 letters: abduces, accrues, accused, accuser, accuses, acerous, acetous, acquest, aculeus, acumens, acutest, adduces, almuces, apercus, arcuses, auspice, bascule, because, caesium, caestus, caesura, caiques, calques, cangues, capsule, carouse, caseous, casqued, casques, caudles, causers, causeys, cayuses, cedulas, censual, cesurae, cesuras, claques, clauses, coteaus, crusade, cubages, cuestas, curares, curates, cuspate, escuage, euclase, eustacy, faucets, jaunces, lacunes, launces, macules, mucosae, nuances, nutcase, recusal, rubaces, saccule, sacques, saucers, saucier, scaleup, scauper, scutage, scutate, secular, specula, subrace, sucrase, sulcate, surface, teacups, uncages, uncakes, uncased, uncases, unlaces, upscale, usances, usaunce, waesuck.