Meaning
A thick liquid that you put on food to give it more taste.
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Word origin
From Old French sauce, from Latin salsa, meaning salted things, from sal, salt.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- salsa
- English cognates
- salad, salt
Grammar
Examples
chips?
Sauce is the thick liquid you add to food.
pasta.
Here "sauce" is a cooked liquid poured over food.
.
"Sauce" is usually uncountable, so it takes "more", not a number.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 26, lesson 3: sauce, lifetime, throughout and 7 more words.