sauce

/sɔːs/noun

A liquid or semi-liquid food served with a dish to add flavour or moisture.

Example sentences

“He poured extra tomato sauce over his pasta.”
“Dip the dumplings in soy sauce before you eat them.”

In business jargon the 'secret sauce' is whatever makes a product hard to copy. British 'saucy' means cheeky or mildly indecent.

Related words

gravyA rich sauce made from the juices and fat that meat or vegetables release while cooking.riceThe small white or brown grains of a cereal plant, cooked and eaten as a staple food.spiceA dried part of a plant with a strong smell or taste, added to food for flavor.pastaAn Italian food made from a wheat-and-water dough, sometimes with egg, shaped in many forms and usually boiled before serving.herbA leafy green plant, or its leaves, used to add flavor to cooking.noodleA long thin or flat piece of dough, boiled and eaten in soups or with sauces.