mustard sauce
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- noun
- /ˈmʌstərd sɔs/
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salsa de mostaza
- And then the salmon with the mustard sauce, but I want the sauce on the side."
- tangy mustard sauce
- honey mustard sauce
- creamy mustard sauce
Examples
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This is a good time to reach into the pack and peel open a couple of cans of sardines in mustard sauce as appetizers, passing them around in the tin along with your Forest Master pocketknife, so the diners can spear a few and pass them on.
Fiction book (1994) -
'"Poached salmon with mint mustard sauce.
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- Salmon with mint mustard sauce.
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- Salmon with mint mustard sauce?
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Wasabi: A green hot mustard sauce.
Fiction book (1993) -
There's some spicy mustard mustard sauce on this.
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And Velma... you're the sweet-and-sour mustard sauce that goes on top.
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I slathered it in gravy and Dijon mustard sauce.
Blog text (20) -
The fish was cooked right and worked perfectly with the mustard sauce.
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Pickled beef with a mustard sauce and a nice pie for dessert.
Synonyms
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A sharp yellow or brown paste put on food to add flavor
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A smooth slightly spicy mustard used to flavor food
A spicy yellow or brown paste made from ground seeds used as a sauce on sandwiches and meat
How Pungent
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'mustard' (a pungent condiment) + 'sauce' (a liquid/semi-liquid condiment) yields a sauce made from mustard. This noun+noun combination follows common cross-linguistic culinary naming patterns and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Mustard sauce is a simple picture: a sauce made from mustard, usually mustard paste or seeds mixed with vinegar or oil. That's why it means 'a sauce flavored with mustard'.