Meanings
nouncocktail sauce (countable and uncountable, plural cocktail sauces)
plural cocktail sauces
- countableuncountableA sauce served with oysters and other seafood, typically ketchup mixed with horseradish or mayonnaise.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch cocktailsaus
- cocktailsaussauce
Finnish cocktailkastike
- cocktailkastikesauce
Italian salsa rosa
- salsa rosasauce
Japanese カクテルソース
- カクテルソース (kakuteru sōsu)sauce
Spanish salsa cóctel
- salsa cóctelsauce
Cite this entry
APA
cocktail sauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocktail%20sauce
MLA
“cocktail sauce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocktail%20sauce. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cocktail sauce,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocktail%20sauce.
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