sauce
sauce is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc.
- noun. Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.
- noun. Stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish; as, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, etc.
- noun. Sauciness; impertinence.
- transitive verb. To accompany with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to season; to flavor.
- transitive verb. To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to.
- transitive verb. To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.
- transitive verb. To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.
- noun. A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
- noun. flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
- verb. add zest or flavor to, make more interesting
"sauce the roast"
- verb. dress (food) with a relish
- verb. behave saucily or impudently towards
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sauce:
Common word forms
sauced, saucer, sauces, saucing, sauceless
Words from these letters
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