garlic sauce
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- noun
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salsa de ajo
- Take the warmed butter-and-garlic sauce... and just smear it all inside the cavity.
- chili-garlic sauce
- eggplant with garlic sauce
- chicken with garlic sauce
Examples
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Serve with basil-garlic sauce, cold or at room temperature, on top or on the side.
Academic text (2004) -
I'd like the scallion pancakes, broccoli and garlic sauce.
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Can I get the number four without the garlic sauce?
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I also added some chili garlic sauce at the end.
Blog text (1) -
Hunan beef in hot garlic sauce.
Fiction book (1990) -
They also make great lo mein, beef with garlic sauce, and shrimp dishes.
Blog text (21) -
Mofongo is a green platanus mash with a garlic sauce and pork grind.
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This delicious, simple dish is made by drowning a large crab in a gallon of butter-garlic sauce, which seeps into every nook and cranny and coats every inch of flesh.
Blog text (10) -
I would like my pasta with a generous drizzle of garlic sauce for extra flavor.
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The grilled chicken was enhanced by the creamy garlic sauce served alongside it.
Synonyms
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A thick garlic sauce like mayonnaise used for dipping or on sandwiches
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Morphology
The meaning 'a sauce flavored with garlic' is directly and compositionally derivable from combining 'garlic' (the flavoring) with 'sauce' (a condiment), so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it. This noun+noun compounding is cross-linguistically common (e.g. salsa de ajo, sauce à l'ail) and variations like garlic mayonnaise or aioli remain recognizably garlic-based, preserving transparency.
Etymology
Garlic sauce comes from the simple picture of crushed garlic mixed into a liquid or creamy base like oil or mayonnaise. Because the garlic gives the main taste, garlic sauce means 'a sauce flavored mainly with garlic'.