hot sauce

noun

plural hot sauces
: a pungent sauce that is made from hot peppers and is used especially as a condiment

Examples of hot sauce in a Sentence

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After water and salt are introduced, the slurry is ground into hot sauce that’s poured into glass at 125 bottles per minute. Chloe Sorvino, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 The woman is seen pouring what appears to be hot sauce over Martinez's food before the confrontation quickly escalates. Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 25 June 2026 In a saucepan on the stove, combine brown sugar and hot sauce with a touch of water. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 June 2026 The Mexican native, who became a United States citizen in 2005, launched his own hot sauce brand Guillermo’s Salsa in January. Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot sauce

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 28 Jun. 2026.

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