duck sauce

noun

A spiced fruit-based condiment with a sweet-and-sour flavour and a translucent orange appearance, served with duck and other dishes at Chinese-American restaurants.

Similar
hoisin sauce
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Meanings

nounduck sauce (usually uncountable, plural duck sauces)

plural duck sauces

  1. uncountableusuallyA spiced fruit-based condiment with a sweet-and-sour flavour and a translucent orange appearance, served with duck and other dishes at Chinese-American restaurants.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna thick sweet and pungent Chinese condiment

Similar
hoisin sauce
Broader
condiment
Also see
hoisin sauce

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

duck sauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duck%20sauce

MLA

“duck sauce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duck%20sauce. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “duck sauce,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duck%20sauce.

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