apple sauce
Britishnoun
-
a purée of stewed apples often served with pork
-
old-fashioned nonsense; rubbish
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
An apple can be quickly and easily turned into apple sauce: peel it, microwave it, smush it with a fork.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025
And a pouch labeled something like turkey dinner “might be apple sauce with a whisper of turkey,” Young said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
About 30 minutes before Saturday’s practice, players get fresh fruit and apple sauce.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2024
A sort of choose-your-own adventure tasting platter, girl dinner can include anything—and often includes everything—from apple sauce and salami to Cheetos and guacamole.
From National Geographic • Aug. 16, 2023
Fill the center entirely full with apple sauce made of tart apples stewed until tender, then broken into coarse pieces, drained, and seasoned with butter and sugar.
From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
