plum sauce

noun

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

OriginChinese 梅子醬 /梅子酱 →
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Meanings

nounplum sauce (countable and uncountable, plural plum sauces)

plural plum sauces

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

Origin

  1. Chinese梅子醬 /梅子酱“plum sauce”
  2. Englishplum sauce

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

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