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Word: Sauce
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin salsus ‘salted’, past participle of salere ‘to salt’, from sal ‘salt’. Compare with salad
sɔːs
a liquid or semi-liquid substance served with food to add moistness and flavour
Short Definition:liquid or semi-liquid substance served with food
Examples:- tomato sauce
- the stock cubes can be added to soups and sauces
alcoholic drink
Short Definition:alcoholic drink
Examples:- she's been on the sauce for years
impertinence; cheek
Short Definition:impertinence
Examples:- ‘None of your sauce,’ said Aunt Edie
Word: Sauce
Speech Type: Verb
sɔːs
provide a sauce for (something); season with a sauce
Short Definition:provide sauce for
Examples:- the vegetables were deliciously spiced and sauced
be rude or impudent to (someone)
Short Definition:be rude or impudent to
Examples:- a boy had sauced a monitor who wanted his shoes shined
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