Worcester sauce

Worcestershire sauce

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noun

a commercially prepared piquant sauce, made from a basis of soy sauce, with vinegar, spices, etc

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Words nearby Worcester sauce

woozy, wop, wop-wops, Worcester, Worcester china, Worcester sauce, Worcestershire, Worcestershire sauce, Worcs, word, word accent

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Example sentences from the Web for Worcester sauce

Serve with the warm sauce and your choice of ice cream, whipped cream, or yogurt.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Combine the beans and onion sauce in a 9x9-inch casserole dish and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Continue to cook until the sauce has reduced by three quarters.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Finish the sauce by putting the roasting pan on the stovetop over medium-high heat.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The future congressman also had some spaghetti but no sauce.
Kerry Bentivolio: The Congressman Who Believes in Santa Claus|Ben Jacobs|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Marriage is like Mayonnaise sauce, either a great success or an absolute and entire failure.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
It is to be feared that like the sauce of sauces in the hands of the inexperienced cook, the result is more than doubtful.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Mac took that pretty hard, and came mighty near making the major eat his words with gunpowder sauce on the side.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Gervase Babington died; bishop of Worcester and an eminent theological writer.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Even at the bottom of Worcester Street there was a bar across the road in 1818.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell

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