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barbecue sauce

American  

noun

  1. a piquant sauce often containing vinegar, tomatoes, sugar, and spices, used especially for basting in barbecuing meat.


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The limited-time offering is also topped with barbecue sauce, coleslaw and pickles.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Schinski said when customers guess ingredients like barbecue sauce and mustard, “I’ll be like, ‘Yeah, that’s definitely in it!

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

My late grandmother, in particular, had a predictable, beloved spread: shrimp cocktail with horseradish-laced sauce; the supermarket veggie platter with ranch; crockpot meatballs simmered in barbecue sauce and grape jelly; salsa with Tostito’s scoops.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2025

On the menu is William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” smothered in barbecue sauce.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

We had to keep several jars of barbecue sauce in the cabinet.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

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