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plum sauce

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables
plum sauce
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A viscous, sweet-and-sour condiment made from plums, vinegar, ginger, etc., used in Cantonese cuisine as a dip for deep-fried dishes.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 梅子醬 /梅子酱 (méizǐjiàng, “plum sauce”)

Usage

Inflected Forms

plum sauces (plural)

Questions

What does plum sauce mean?
A viscous, sweet-and-sour condiment made from plums, vinegar, ginger, etc., used in Cantonese cuisine as a dip for deep-fried dishes.
Where does plum sauce come from?
Calque of Chinese 梅子醬 /梅子酱 (méizǐjiàng, “plum sauce”)

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