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sauce

sauce, gravy

noun SOHS Less Common
Food & Drink Ingredients

Usage Note

Sauce is central to French cuisine; the repertoire — béchamel, hollandaise, vinaigrette — is considered a cornerstone of the culinary tradition. Mettre à toutes les sauces ('to use in every possible way') is a common idiom meaning to adapt something to any purpose. La sauce piquante is hot or spicy sauce.

Examples

"Cette viande est servie avec une sauce au vin."

Natural Translation

This meat is served with a wine sauce.

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