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Meaning of tomato sauce | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A thick sauce made from tomatoes for pasta etc.
  2. Tomato ketchup, used as a condiment.
    Australia, Brunei, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, New-Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore, South-Africa, UK

Equivalents

Deutsch Tomatensoße
Ελληνικά κέτσαπ
Latviešu tomātu mērce
Svenska tomatsås
Українська томат
Tiếng Việt nước xốt cà chua

Examples

“Russian Tomato Sauce will keep, tightly covered, in the refrigerator for 10 days.”
“Classical tomato sauce, as explained by Escoffier, is made with a roux, but this is rarely done in modern kitchens.”
“But in the summer, fresh tomato sauce should be a staple; peeling the tomatoes—which is optional—is undeniably a bit of work (seeding takes only a second), but the flavor of the sauce is much better than canned, thee texture is rich and silky, and the color much prettier.”
“A plastic tomato sauce bottle, which could have been cut in half to make a flower pot, was quickly surveyed along with other trophies, and received the death sentence. “In the bin, Bob.””
“1980 January-May, Laurence Le Guay, Cruising World, page 98, I quickly learned that there is a hell of a difference between tomato sauce and ketchup and that there is an even greater difference when it comes to mayonnaise: real American or the pseudo Australian — and I had always believed this to be a French concoction.”
“The event was a BBQ in the peaceful and picturesque System Garden at the University of Melbourne, Parkville campus. Food was plentifil and included a variety of sausages and veggie burgers, onions, bread and tomato sauce in addition to soft drinks.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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