fish sauce

[ fish saws ]

noun

1. a spicy sauce made from the fermented liquid of salt-cured fish, especially anchovies, popular as a flavoring or condiment in East and Southeast Asian cuisine.

Example Sentences

I opted to use fresh cherry tomatoes and fish sauce instead of Clamato or tomato juice, to give it a fresher Thai flavor.

From The Daily Beast

An inch of Lyons sausage, saved from the ark; the remains of a bottle of fish sauce, and a pot of currant jelly.

From Project Gutenberg

But Newman had no thoughts for fish-sauce; he felt thoroughly discontented.

From Project Gutenberg

A piece of fish, a potato, and a little fish sauce, are placed on each plate.

From Project Gutenberg

As for Dutchman, everybody knows he's not a flyer, and only a man whose brains are made of fish-sauce could recommend him.

From Project Gutenberg

Let me stay to dinner, Henry and all, and Ill make your fish-sauce.

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