tartar sauce
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of tartar sauce
First recorded in 1895–1900, tartar sauce is from French sauce tartare
Example Sentences
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She advises breading and frying before dipping into a tartar sauce or marinara.
From Salon ● May 21, 2025
Those who appreciate the minty mushy peas will wish for more than the small dollop provided; ditto the housemade tartar sauce.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
Especially when seasonings and sauces are familiar—gravy in the first case, tartar sauce in the second—people tend not to miss the meat, she notes in her cookbook.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 19, 2023
Some customers ordering mayonnaise, tartar sauce or mushy peas were "disappointed" by having to pay £2 at Stein's Fish & Chips in Cornwall.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2023
I dip my crab cakes in tartar sauce, and imagine Ashley yelling at me for doing so.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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