sauce

Everyday

1. A sauce is a thick liquid served with food to add flavour, such as tomato sauce, gravy or chocolate sauce. tree →
2. In British slang, «sauce» also means cheeky talk. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life children choose sauces: ketchup (tomato sauce), barbecue sauce, cheese sauce, soy sauce. In cooking lessons a recipe tells you how to make a sauce by stirring and heating. Phrases: «tomato sauce», «pasta sauce», «dip it in the sauce».

Examples

• Can I have tomato sauce with my chips? tree →
• Dad made a cheese sauce for the pasta. tree →
• Dip the nuggets in barbecue sauce. tree →
• The pancakes came with chocolate sauce. tree →
• Stir the sauce so it doesn't burn. tree →
• In Australia «tomato sauce» means ketchup. tree →
• Tame ones are served with apple sauce and onion stuffing. tree →

Note

Countable (a sauce, sauces) and uncountable (some sauce). Homophone in many accents: «source» (where something comes from). A «saucepan» is a pot for cooking. «Saucy» means cheeky.