sauce

A2
Pronunciation
/sɔːs/
/sɑs/
Noun
13 definition(s)
1 Definition

A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.

Example Sentences
  • apple sauce; mint sauce
2 Definition

Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in:

Example Sentences
  • [meat] pie and [tomato] sauce
3 Definition

(usually “the”) Alcohol, booze.

Example Sentences
  • Maybe you should lay off the sauce.
4 Definition

Anabolic steroids.

5 Definition

A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.

6 Definition

Cheek; impertinence; backtalk; sass.

7 Definition

(1800s) Vegetables.

8 Definition

Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.

9 Definition

The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

Example Sentences
  • The accused refused to reveal the source of the illegal drugs she was selling.
10 Definition

Spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates.

Example Sentences
  • The main sources of the Euphrates River are the Karasu and Murat Rivers.
11 Definition

A reporter's informant.

12 Definition

Source code.

13 Definition

The name of one terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).

Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

To add sauce to; to season.

2 Definition

To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate.

3 Definition

To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.

4 Definition

To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.