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sauceboat

American

[saws-boht] / ˈsɔsˌboʊt /

noun

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.

Etymology

Origin of sauceboat

First recorded in 1740–50; sauce + boat

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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

Season to taste with salt and pepper; strain gravy into a warm sauceboat.

From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Perdue, Mitzi

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

"What! is that the way to serve it?" shouted Frolov, not looking into the sauceboat.

From The Schoolmaster by Garnett, Constance

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