applesauce

noun

ap·ple·sauce ˈa-pəl-ˌsȯs

Synonyms of applesauce next

: a relish or dessert made of apples stewed to a pulp and sweetened

slang : bunkum, nonsense

Did you know?

English offers a smorgasbord of words for nonsense, some of which are better known as words for food. We have baloney, spinach, rhubarb, and toffee, not to mention full of beans. And if none of those offerings are to your taste, you can say that's pure banana oil! Seemingly innocuous applesauce was first introduced to this menu back in the early 20th century. Back then, there may have been some bias against the real stuff. Poet Wallace Stevens’s turn-of-the-century description of a meal consisting of "some unnameable smathering of greasy fritters . . . and of course the inevictable applesauce" shows a lack of respect that must have been shared by others.

Examples of applesauce in a Sentence

all that talk about taking up the farming life was just a lot of spoiled applesauce

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All sorts of recipes call for mashed banana or even applesauce. —

Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025 According to an inspection report released Sept. 25 by the Minnesota Department of Health, Wagner stored applesauce in an embalming room at Wagner Funeral Home. —

Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025 People looking to swap out eggs in a recipe for baked good or pancakes may turn to a combination of flax meal and water, or try banana or applesauce, Trout said. —

Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2025 Image Bake a moist applesauce coffee cake with a generous layer of crumble. —

German Lopez, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for applesauce