sauce
A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.
Noun 4 meanings
A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.
“apple sauce; mint sauce”
Tomato sauce (similar to US tomato ketchup), as in
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A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
Verb 4 meanings
To add sauce to; to season.
To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate.
To make poignant; to give zest, flavour or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.
To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.
Etymology
PIE word *sḗh₂l From Middle English sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, noun use of the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), past participle of saliō (“to salt”), from sal. Doublet of salsa.
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SAUCE at a glance
SAUCE has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (S 1 + A 1 + U 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,248 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with sauce
All rhymes- PRODUCE12
- REDUCE9
- INTRODUCE12
- REPRODUCE14
- INDUCE9
- LETTUCE9
- TRUCE7
- SPRUCE10
- SEDUCE9
- LUCE6
- DEDUCE10
- DEUCE8
One letter away
- SAUCY10
- SAUTE5
- SOUCE7
- SAICE7
- SAUCH10
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