tartar sauce

noun

tar·​tar sauce ˈtär-tər- How to pronounce tartar sauce (audio)
variants or tartare sauce
: a sauce made principally of mayonnaise and chopped pickles

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For dinner this evening, then, Melissa Clark’s recipe for baked fish and chips (above), served with a horseradish tartar sauce. Sam Sifton, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 The fish and chips are perfectly flaky served with a tasty tartar sauce and mushie peas to get the real deal UK rendition of the dish. Rana Good, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 Our fish fry, a small pile of super-crisp panfish atop a generous portion of steak fries and served with a pile of coleslaw and some homemade tartar sauce, was worth every second of the wait. Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2025 Some customers on social media noted that Arby's was a little light on the tartar sauce and agreed more was needed. Peter Burke, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tartar sauce

Word History

Etymology

French sauce tartare

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tartar sauce was in 1855

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“Tartar sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tartar%20sauce. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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tartar sauce

noun
tar·​tar sauce
variants or tartare sauce
: a sauce made chiefly of mayonnaise and chopped pickles
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