barbecue sauce

American  

noun

• barbecue sauces
  plural

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

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Noun Inflected Forms

• barbecue sauces
  plural

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barbecue sauce

At a potluck, the assorted offerings—the masala potatoes, a church-basement casserole, a barbecue sauce perfected over decades—represent the best of individual traditions and stories of identity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Inflation has been creeping up since February, but your wallet will feel a lot lighter after you scan the hamburger, hot dogs, buns, and even the barbecue sauce for your America’s 250th birthday party.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

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

Lenny makes his way into the kitchen as my mom pours the rest of the barbecue sauce over the top of them.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden