mint sauce

noun

A sauce, made with mint and vinegar, that is a popular accompaniment to roast lamb.

Meanings

nounmint sauce (usually uncountable, plural mint sauces)

plural mint sauces

  1. uncountableusuallyA sauce, made with mint and vinegar, that is a popular accompaniment to roast lamb.
  2. UKdatedslanguncountableusuallyMoney.

    'Sure, I do. Joey comes here with me whenever I'm not busy with a flat and he's got the mint-sauce for the entrance fee.'

    1974, H. R. F. Keating, The Underside

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 薄荷醬 /薄荷酱
  • 薄荷醬 /薄荷酱 (báohejiàng)sauce made with mint and vinegar
Esperanto mentosaŭco
  • mentosaŭcosauce made with mint and vinegar
Finnish minttukastike
  • minttukastikesauce made with mint and vinegar
French sauce à la menthe
  • sauce à la menthesauce made with mint and vinegar
Irish anlann miontais
  • anlann miontaissauce made with mint and vinegar
Japanese ミントソース
  • ミントソース (minto sōsu)sauce made with mint and vinegar
Korean 민트 소스
  • 민트 소스 (minteu soseu)sauce made with mint and vinegar
Spanish salsa de menta
  • salsa de mentasauce made with mint and vinegar
Cite this entry
APA

mint sauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mint%20sauce

MLA

“mint sauce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mint%20sauce. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mint sauce,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mint%20sauce.

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