sauceboat

American  

[saws-boht] / ˈsɔsˌboʊt /

noun

1. a low, boat-shaped container for serving sauce or gravy, typically having a handle at one end and a long, wide lip at the other end.

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Etymology

Origin of sauceboat

First recorded in 1740–50; sauce + boat

Example Sentences

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sauceboat

He was mopping the last of the chocolate sauce from the sauceboat with a piece of paratha.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

If a patron ordered a sauceboat, he would get a fine one—perhaps a month after it had been promised.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Then pile the spinach with the potatoes about the meat and serve, having the gravy in a sauceboat.

From Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them by Moore, Cora

Chop very fine the portion that you have taken from center, press it through a sieve, add this pulp to a cup of tartare sauce and pour it into a sauceboat.

From The Story of Crisco by Neil, Marion Harris

Serve them on toasted bread, with some nice gravy in a sauceboat.

From The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience by Harrison, Mary