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mignonette sauce

mignonette sauce noun: a condiment usually made with minced shallots, cracked pepper, and vinegar, and traditionally served with raw oysters.

Noun

mignonette sauce (countable and uncountable, plural mignonette sauces)

  1. A condiment usually made with minced shallots, cracked pepper, and vinegar, and traditionally served with raw oysters.
    Synonyms:
    mignonette

Synonyms of mignonette sauce

Forms of mignonette sauce

pluralmignonette sauces

Origin of mignonette sauce

From French mignonnette (“cracked pepper”).

Questions about mignonette sauce

What does mignonette sauce mean?
Mignonette sauce means a condiment usually made with minced shallots, cracked pepper, and vinegar, and traditionally served with raw oysters.
What part of speech is mignonette sauce?
Mignonette sauce is a noun.
What is the plural of mignonette sauce?
The plural of mignonette sauce is mignonette sauces.

Words near mignonette sauce in the dictionary

  1. Mignola
  2. Mignolas
  3. mignon
  4. mignonette
  5. mignonette pepper
  6. mignonette sauce
  7. mignonette sauces
  8. mignonettes
  9. mignonnette
  10. mignonnettes
  11. mignons

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