chili sauce

noun

plural chili sauces

: a spicy sauce usually consisting of chili peppers, vinegar, salt, sugar, and spices and used especially as a condiment and in cooking

also : a milder, sweeter sauce often containing additional ingredients (such as tomato puree or soy sauce)

Examples of chili sauce in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wilder slept through an entire lunch at Raffles, oblivious to the art deco glamour around him, and during our first food tour in Singapore, Ross carried him—dead weight, snoring—in the 90-degree heat while our guide gamely described chili sauces. —Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026

Customers can pick from an original, spicy or grilled filet topped with Ginger Lime Cool Crunch slaw and sweet chili sauce. —Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026

Roundhouse-Kick Sauce with mayonnaise, chili sauce, ketchup, vinegar, Sriracha, and Worcestershire, will punt the pickles to the next level. —Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026

Serve with chili sauce and sprinkle with zest (if using). —Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chili sauce

• albatross
• applesauce
• barabbas
• helios
• kshatriyas
• across
• backcross
• crisscross
• lacrosse
• recross
• tomas
• blas

Kids Definition

chili sauce

noun

: a spiced tomato sauce usually made with red and green peppers