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tartar sauce

tartar sauce is the alternative spelling of tartare sauce.

Meaning of tartare sauce

Noun

tartare sauce (countable and uncountable, plural tartare sauces)

  1. A sauce made from mayonnaise and a chopped mixture of pickled gherkins, capers, olives and shallots; traditionally served with fish or other seafood.

Forms of tartar sauce

pluraltartar sauces

Questions about tartar sauce

What is tartar sauce the alternative spelling of?
Tartar sauce is the alternative spelling of tartare sauce.

Words near tartar sauce in the dictionary

  1. tartanned
  2. tartanry
  3. tartans
  4. tartar
  5. tartar emetic
  6. tartar sauce
  7. tartar sauces
  8. tartarated
  9. tartare
  10. tartare sauce
  11. tartare sauces

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