barbecue sauce

UK/ˈbɑːbɪkjuː sɔːs/US/ˈbɑːɹbəkjuː sɑːs/US/- sɔːs/

noun

A fruity, tangy, usually brown sauce, typically consisting of a vinegar or tomato base with spices and sweeteners, used as a basting sauce, marinade, or condiment, especially for barbecued meat.

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Meanings

nounbarbecue sauce (countable and uncountable, plural barbecue sauces)

plural barbecue sauces · alternative barbeque sauce · alternative BBQ sauce

  1. countableuncountableA fruity, tangy, usually brown sauce, typically consisting of a vinegar or tomato base with spices and sweeteners, used as a basting sauce, marinade, or condiment, especially for barbecued meat.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 燒烤醬 /烧烤酱, 燒烤汁 /烧烤汁
  • 燒烤醬 /烧烤酱 (shāokǎojiàng)type of sauce
  • 燒烤汁 /烧烤汁 (shāokǎozhī)type of sauce
  • 烤肉醬 /烤肉酱 (kǎoròujiàng)type of sauce
  • 燒烤調味汁 /烧烤调味汁 (shāokǎo tiáowèizhī)type of sauce
Czech barbecue omáčka
  • barbecue omáčkatype of sauce
Danish barbecuesovs
  • barbecuesovstype of sauce
Dutch barbecuesaus
  • barbecuesaustype of sauce
Esperanto kradrosta saŭco
  • kradrosta saŭcotype of sauce
Finnish grillauskastike, grillikastike
  • grillauskastiketype of sauce
  • grillikastiketype of sauce
  • BBQ-kastiketype of sauce
French sauce barbecue
  • sauce barbecuetype of sauce
German Barbecuesauce
  • Barbecuesaucetype of sauce
Hebrew רוטב ברביקיו
  • רוטב ברביקיוtype of sauce
Hungarian barbecue-szósz
  • barbecue-szósztype of sauce
Icelandic BBQ-sósa
  • BBQ-sósatype of sauce
Italian salsa barbecue
  • salsa barbecuetype of sauce
Japanese バーベキューソース
  • バーベキューソース (bābekyū sōsu)type of sauce
Korean 바비큐 소스
  • 바비큐 소스 (babikyu soseu)type of sauce
Persian سس تنوری
  • سس تنوریtype of sauce
Polish barbecue, sos barbecue
  • barbecuetype of sauce
  • sos barbecuetype of sauce
Portuguese molho de churrasco, molho barbecue
  • molho de churrascotype of sauce
  • molho barbecuetype of sauce
Russian со́ус для барбекью́
  • со́ус для барбекью́ (sóus dlja barbekʹjú)type of sauce
Spanish salsa barbacoa
  • salsa barbacoatype of sauce
Swedish grillsås, barbecuesås
  • grillsåstype of sauce
  • barbecuesåstype of sauce
Tagalog salsang ihaw
  • salsang ihawtype of sauce
Cite this entry
APA

barbecue sauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barbecue%20sauce

MLA

“barbecue sauce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barbecue%20sauce. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barbecue sauce,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barbecue%20sauce.

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