Collocations for "sauce"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sauce" in context.
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sauce
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [tomato, cheese, pesto, curry, cranberry] sauce
- a [fruity, spicy, tangy, cheesy] sauce
- a [creamy, thick, runny] sauce
- sauce for [pork, pasta, chicken, hamburgers]
- a sauce with [garlic, mushrooms, basil, anchovies]
- a sauce made with [tomatoes, olives, vegetables, chicken bones]
- [make, prepare, serve] a dipping sauce
- [spread, pour, drizzle] the sauce over
- stir the sauce with a [wooden spoon, whisk]
- add [milk, oregano, wine, sour cream, chopped onion] to the sauce
- the sauce needs more [milk]
- spoon the sauce onto the [plates, dishes]
- pour the sauce over the roast [pork, beef, vegetables]
- pour the sauce into the [oven tray, bowls, pan]
- spilled sauce on his [shirt, suit, pants]
- can you pass the sauce?
- slang: he's on the sauce again!
'sauce' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
barbecue
- basil
- blueberry
- boat
- butter
- celery
- cheese
- cheesy
- cherry
- chocolate
- chunk
- clam
- clarify
- consistency
- cranberry
- cream
- crust
- cucumber
- duck
- eggplant
- fiery
- fish
- flavor
- front
- fudge
- garlic
- goose
- honey
- hot
- jar
- kick
- ladle
- lake
- lamb
- leaf
- loin
- lump
- mackerel
- milk
- mint
- mix
- mushroom
- napkin
- over
- oyster
- pasta
- peanut
- pepper
- plum
- raisin