hard sauce — hard′ sauce n. coo a flavored dessert topping of creamed butter and confectioners sugar • Etymology: 1895–1900 … From formal English to slang
hard sauce — ☆ hard sauce n. a sweet, creamy mixture of butter, powdered sugar, and a flavoring such as vanilla extract, rum, or brandy, served as with plum pudding or cake … English World dictionary
hard sauce — noun butter and sugar creamed together with brandy or other flavoring and served with rich puddings • Hypernyms: ↑sauce * * * noun : a creamed mixture of butter and powdered sugar often with added cream and flavoring * * * a mixture of butter and … Useful english dictionary
hard sauce — noun a sauce of butter and sugar, typically with brandy, rum, or vanilla added … English new terms dictionary
hard sauce — /had ˈsɔs/ (say hahd saws) noun a sauce made by creaming butter and brown sugar, flavoured with brandy or rum, served with Christmas and other rich puddings …
hard sauce — noun Date: 1872 a creamed mixture of butter and powdered sugar often with added cream and flavoring (as vanilla or rum) … New Collegiate Dictionary
hard sauce — a mixture of butter and confectioners sugar, often with flavoring and cream. [1895 1900] * * * … Universalium
sauce — sauceless, adj. /saws/, n., v., sauced, saucing. n. 1. any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food. 2. stewed fruit, often puréed and served as an accompaniment to meat, dessert, or other food … Universalium
hard — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (of a substance, material, etc.) firm and solid; unyielding to pressure; not easily cut. 2 a difficult to understand or explain (a hard problem). b difficult to accomplish (a hard decision). c (foll. by to + infin.) not… … Useful english dictionary
Sauce — For other uses, see Sauce (disambiguation). In cooking, a sauce is liquid, creaming or semi solid food served on or used in preparing other foods. Sauces are not normally consumed by themselves; they add flavor, moisture, and visual appeal to… … Wikipedia
