sauce
(noun)
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Sauce is a liquid food you put on other food, such as pasta or pizza.
- The chef tossed the pasta with marinara sauce.
- Maria likes her eggs with hot sauce.
- Cheesecake tastes good with a tart strawberry sauce.
Common uses
secret sauce: a key element, that is kept secret and is responsible for the success of an organization. Example: “The company’s secret sauce is their new app.”
on the sauce: drinking alcohol. Example: “Bert didn’t go to work today. He must be on the sauce again.”
Related words
saucy: impolite or impertinent. Example: “The teacher was angry when the little girl made a saucy remark.”
In pop culture
Listen to Justin Timberlake’s song “Sauce.”
There are other meanings of sauce.
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