Oversauce

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cover (food) with too much sauce. transitive

    "I am not suggesting that we return to oversauced baked ziti with sausages, mozzarella-laden lasagna or spaghetti under three handball-size meatballs."

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"I am not suggesting that we return to oversauced baked ziti with sausages, mozzarella-laden lasagna or spaghetti under three handball-size meatballs."

Etymology

From over- + sauce.

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