Worcester sauce
- noun
- /ˈwʊstər sɔs/
- US
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salsa Worcestershire
- I added a few drops of Worcester sauce to the stew for extra flavor.
Examples
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So we have Worcester sauce, vinegar, jalapeno juice, mayonnaise, juice and salt, pepper, green juice.
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I'm using Fig Balsamic, honey, Worcester sauce, and some smoked chipotle sauce for the glaze.
Blog text (5) -
For the perfect marinade, mix soy sauce and Worcester sauce together.
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You can enhance the taste of your burger with a dash of Worcester sauce.
Synonyms
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A dark, tangy sauce made from vinegar and spices used to add savory flavor to food
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is fully compositional: 'Worcester' denotes the place of origin and 'sauce' denotes a condiment, so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a type of sauce associated with Worcester. While the precise recipe or flavour profile cannot be predicted from the parts, the core meaning 'a sauce from Worcester used to flavour food' is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Worcester sauce comes from the English city of Worcester, where, long ago, two men mixed vinegar, molasses and spices and left the mixture to age in barrels. One popular story says this long aging made the sauce dark and very flavorful, so today Worcester sauce means a 'dark, tangy' sauce used 'to flavor food'.