hot sauce

noun

plural hot sauces
: a pungent condiment sauce made from hot peppers

Examples of hot sauce in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Seed Ranch Gourmet Truffle Hound Hot Sauce Buy on Amazon $17 Turn up the heat on Dad’s cooking with this rich truffle hot hot sauce. Quincy Bulin, Parents, 11 June 2024 Add the two juices, olive oil, lemon, vinegar, salt and hot sauce. Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 16 Jan. 2024 Chili crisps are now as popular on restaurant menus as sriracha hot sauce once was. Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024 Place chicken, buttermilk, pickle juice, hot sauce, and 1 teaspoon of the kosher salt in large bowl; toss well to ensure chicken is completely coated in buttermilk mixture. Judy Bart Kancigor, Orange County Register, 9 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for hot sauce 

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Word History

First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hot sauce was in 1704

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“Hot sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20sauce. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.

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