sauce
[ saws ]
/ sɔs /
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noun
verb (used with object), sauced, sauc·ing.
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Origin of sauce
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin salsa, noun use of feminine of Latin salsus “salted,” past participle of sallere “to salt,” derivative of sāl “salt”; see also salt1
OTHER WORDS FROM sauce
sauceless, adjectiveo·ver·sauce, verb (used with object), o·ver·sauced, o·ver·sauc·ing.WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sauce
sauce , sourceWords nearby sauce
satyriasis, Satyricon, satyrid, satyromaniac, satyr play, sauce, sauce américaine, sauce Bercy, sauceboat, saucebox, sauced
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British Dictionary definitions for sauce
sauce
/ (sɔːs) /
noun
verb (tr)
Derived forms of sauce
sauceless, adjectiveWord Origin for sauce
C14: via Old French from Latin salsus salted, from salīre to sprinkle with salt, from sal salt
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