barbecue sauce
noun
: a spicy sauce that is usually eaten with barbecued food
He makes a barbecue sauce that tastes great with chicken.
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Serve with ranch dressing or even smokey barbecue sauce.
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2025
One, like Oyler’s, involved California’s murder statutes, while two more were civil cases, including a fight over who had the right to a recipe used for barbecue sauce made for the Trader Joe’s grocery store chain.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025
These delicious ones simmer in a mixture of grape jelly, barbecue sauce, and chili sauce for kick of heat.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2025
Carter’s favorite is the Norf Fries — hand-cut fries topped with cheese sauce, barbecue sauce, scallions and beef bacon, a Philly staple.
—Kaitlyn Schwanemann, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2025
One, like Oyler’s, involved California’s murder statutes, while two more were civil cases, including a fight over who had the right to a recipe used for barbecue sauce made for the Trader Joe’s grocery store chain.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2025
These delicious ones simmer in a mixture of grape jelly, barbecue sauce, and chili sauce for kick of heat.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2025
Carter’s favorite is the Norf Fries — hand-cut fries topped with cheese sauce, barbecue sauce, scallions and beef bacon, a Philly staple.
—Kaitlyn Schwanemann, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for barbecue sauce
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“Barbecue sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barbecue%20sauce. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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