Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cocktail sauce

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: cock-tail sauce
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sauce served with oysters and other seafood, typically ketchup mixed with horseradish or mayonnaise.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

cocktail sauces (plural)

Phrases

prawn cocktail

Frequently Paired Words

prawn cocktail

Synonyms

seafood sauce

Questions

What does cocktail sauce mean?: A sauce served with oysters and other seafood, typically ketchup mixed with horseradish or mayonnaise.

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