barbecue sauce
noun
: a spicy sauce that is usually eaten with barbecued food
He makes a barbecue sauce that tastes great with chicken.
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This pungent liquid is an incredible, nontoxic cleaning agent that can get everything from the inside of your microwave to the bathtub sparkling clean while also being the star of tangy barbecue sauce and giving rise to your grandmother's cake recipe.
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Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
Pair with pork and barbecue sauce or with a lasagna.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Now head east to South Carolina where folks live high on the hog and barbecue sauce is literally golden.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
Rosemary Clooney served ribs swimming in Montgomery Inn barbecue sauce at her 1997 wedding to Dante DePaolo.
—Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 23 June 2025
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Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
Pair with pork and barbecue sauce or with a lasagna.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Now head east to South Carolina where folks live high on the hog and barbecue sauce is literally golden.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
Rosemary Clooney served ribs swimming in Montgomery Inn barbecue sauce at her 1997 wedding to Dante DePaolo.
—Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for barbecue sauce
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“Barbecue sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barbecue%20sauce. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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