Transcription
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- [saws]
- /sɔs/
- /sɔːs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [saws]
- /sɔs/
Definitions of sauce word
- noun sauce any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food. 1
- noun sauce stewed fruit, often puréed and served as an accompaniment to meat, dessert, or other food: cranberry sauce. 1
- noun sauce something that adds piquance or zest. 1
- noun sauce Informal. impertinence; sauciness. 1
- noun sauce Slang. hard liquor (usually preceded by the): He's on the sauce again. 1
- noun sauce Archaic. garden vegetables eaten with meat. 1
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Origin of sauce
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
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
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Parts of speech for Sauce
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sauce popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sauce usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sauce
noun sauce
- alcohol — Drinks that can make people drunk, such as beer, wine, and whisky, can be referred to as alcohol.
- alky — a heavy drinker or alcoholic
- aqua vitae — alcohol
- back-talk — an impudent response; impudence.
- backchat — the act of answering back, esp impudently
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