tomato sauce

Noun

tomato sauce (usually uncountable, plural tomato sauces)

1. (usually) A thick sauce made from tomatoes for pasta etc.
   • Russian Tomato Sauce will keep, tightly covered, in the refrigerator for 10 days.2002, Steve Brill, The Wild Vegetarian Cookbook, page 186
   • Classical tomato sauce, as explained by Escoffier, is made with a roux, but this is rarely done in modern kitchens.2007, Wayne Gisslen, Professional Cooking, 6th edition, page 176
2. (Australia, Brunei, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand) Tomato ketchup, used as a condiment.
   • 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.”1979 June, Peter C. Harper, Robert Alexander Falla K.B.E., C.M.G., M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.N.Z.: An Appreciation, page 356
   • 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.1980 January-May, Laurence Le Guay, Cruising World, page 98