Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A sauce used in cooking or as a condiment, the ingredients of which are kept secret.

  2. A sauce used in cooking or as a condiment, the ingredients of which are kept secret.

    (countable, uncountable)Synonym of special sauce.

  3. Synonym of special sauce.

    (countable, uncountable)Burger sauce

  4. (countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable)A secret idea or plan; a crucial element of something that makes it unique or functional.

  5. (countable, humorous, uncountable)Clandestine alcohol (alcoholic beverage), especially as a secret ingredient in a recipe or in a hip flask for surreptitious tippling.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. What's in the secret sauce?

    ruЧто в секретном соусе? — Ooneykcall · CC BY 2.0 FR

  2. AI companies are loath to reveal their secret sauce.

    ruКомпании, занимающиеся разработкой искусственного интеллекта, не спешат раскрывать свои секреты. — odexed

Forms

plural: secret sauces
Singularsecret sauce
Pluralsecret sauces

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsauced

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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