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plum sauce

plum sauce noun: a viscous, sweet-and-sour condiment made from plums, vinegar, ginger, etc., used in Cantonese cuisine as a dip for deep-fried dishes.

Noun

plum sauce (countable and uncountable, plural plum sauces)

  1. A viscous, sweet-and-sour condiment made from plums, vinegar, ginger, etc., used in Cantonese cuisine as a dip for deep-fried dishes.

Forms of plum sauce

pluralplum sauces

Origin of plum sauce

Calque of Chinese 梅子醬 /梅子酱 (méizǐjiàng, “plum sauce”)

Questions about plum sauce

What does plum sauce mean?
Plum sauce means a viscous, sweet-and-sour condiment made from plums, vinegar, ginger, etc., used in Cantonese cuisine as a dip for deep-fried dishes.
What part of speech is plum sauce?
Plum sauce is a noun.
What is the plural of plum sauce?
The plural of plum sauce is plum sauces.

Words near plum sauce in the dictionary

  1. plum pudding dogs
  2. plum pudding model
  3. plum puddings
  4. plum rain
  5. plum rains
  6. plum sauce
  7. plum sauces
  8. plum scab
  9. plum scabs
  10. plum stone
  11. plum stones

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