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a mayonnaise dressing for fish and seafood, usually with chopped pickles, onions, olives, capers, and green herbs added.Also, tartare sauce.[1895-1900; < F sauce tartare]
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Tartar sauce — or tartare sauce is a thick white sauce made from mayonnaise and finely chopped pickled cucumber, capers, onions (or chives), and fresh parsley. Chopped hard boiled eggs, olives, and horseradish are sometimes added, and dijon mustard is often… … Wikipedia
tartar sauce — [tärt′ər] n. [Fr sauce tartare] a sauce, as for seafood, consisting of mayonnaise with chopped pickles, olives, capers, etc.: also sp. tartare sauce … English World dictionary
tartar sauce — noun uncount a white sauce that you eat cold with fish … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tartar sauce — tartare sauce UK [ˌtɑː(r)tɑː(r) ˈsɔːs] / US [tɑrˈtɑr ˌsɔs] or tartar sauce UK / US noun [uncountable] a white sauce that you eat cold with fish … English dictionary
tartar sauce — or tartare sauce noun Etymology: French sauce tartare Date: 1855 a sauce made principally of mayonnaise and chopped pickles … New Collegiate Dictionary
tartar sauce — tar′tar sauce n. coo a mayonnaise sauce containing chopped pickles, olives, capers, etc., served with fish • Etymology: < F sauce tartare … From formal English to slang
tartar sauce — noun mayonnaise with chopped pickles and sometimes capers and shallots and parsley and hard cooked egg; sauce for seafood especially fried fish • Syn: ↑tartare sauce • Hypernyms: ↑sauce … Useful english dictionary
tartar sauce — noun Alternative spelling of tartare sauce … Wiktionary
tartar sauce — see tartare sauce … English dictionary
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