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

Swap out the usual grape jelly and chili sauce for jellied cranberry sauce and hot jalapeño pepper jelly. —Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2025

The bar experience’s food includes sweet potato poutine, coconut Shrimp with mango chili sauce and maple Brussels sprouts. —Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025

Volcano Roll Dip: The sweet and spicy dip combines imitation crab meat, carrots, green onions and chili sauces. —Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025

In the Russian version featured here — a perennial favorite with my family — brisket is marinated in lemon juice, which tenderizes it and provides the sour backdrop for the sweet and tangy chili sauce that comes later. —Judy Bart Kancigor, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025

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