sauce

[ saws ]
/ sɔs /

noun

verb (used with object), sauced, sauc·ing.

Origin of sauce

1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin salsa, noun use of feminine of Latin salsus salted, past participle of sallere to salt, derivative of sāl salt1

OTHER WORDS FROM sauce

sauce·less, adjective o·ver·sauce, verb (used with object), o·ver·sauced, o·ver·sauc·ing.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sauce

sauce source

Example sentences from the Web for sauce

British Dictionary definitions for sauce

sauce
/ (sɔːs) /

noun

verb (tr)

Derived forms of sauce

sauceless, adjective

Word Origin for sauce

C14: via Old French from Latin salsus salted, from salīre to sprinkle with salt, from sal salt

Idioms and Phrases with sauce

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