- sauceboat
- noun Date: 1747 a low boat-shaped pitcher for serving sauces and gravies
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sauceboat
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sauceboat — [sôs′bōt΄] n. GRAVY BOAT … English World dictionary
sauceboat — /saws boht /, n. a low, boat shaped container for serving sauce or gravy, typically having a handle at one end and a long, wide lip at the other end. [1740 50; SAUCE + BOAT] * * * ▪ metalwork metal or pottery bowl with a lip and handle,… … Universalium
sauceboat — sauce|boat [ sɔs,bout ] noun count a container in the shape of a boat with a handle on one end, used for serving sauce => GRAVY BOAT … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sauceboat — n. dish for serving gravy or sauce … English contemporary dictionary
sauceboat — noun a dish (often boat shaped) for serving gravy or sauce • Syn: ↑gravy boat, ↑gravy holder, ↑boat • Hypernyms: ↑dish • Hyponyms: ↑argyll, ↑argyle … Useful english dictionary
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sauce — [14] Sauce is one of a range of English words (others include salad, salary, and sausage) that go back ultimately to Latin sāl ‘salt’ (a relative of English salt). From it was formed the adjective salsus ‘salted’, whose feminine form salsa was… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
sauce — [14] Sauce is one of a range of English words (others include salad, salary, and sausage) that go back ultimately to Latin sāl ‘salt’ (a relative of English salt). From it was formed the adjective salsus ‘salted’, whose feminine form salsa was… … Word origins
