applesauce
Definition
- Noun:
- Nonsensical talk or writing: Foolish, meaningless, or insincere speech or text.
- Puree of stewed apples, usually sweetened and spiced: A soft, cooked food made from apples, often served as a side dish or dessert.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Nonsense):
- His explanation for being late was pure applesauce.
- Don't listen to that political commentary; it's just a lot of applesauce.
- Noun (Food):
- For dinner, we had pork chops with a side of cinnamon applesauce.
- She made homemade applesauce from the apples in her garden.
Advanced Usage
- Used informally and humorously to dismiss an idea or statement as ridiculous or untrue.
- "You expect me to believe that? That's applesauce!"
Variants and Related Words
- Applesauce cake: A type of cake that uses applesauce as a primary ingredient, often making it moist.
- My grandmother's recipe for applesauce cake is my favorite.
Synonyms
- For nonsense: Balderdash, rubbish, poppycock, hogwash, gibberish.
- For the food: Apple puree, stewed apples.
Idioms and Phrases
- "That's (a bunch of) applesauce!": An exclamation declaring something to be nonsense or untrue.
- He said he'd finished the report, but that's a bunch of applesauce; I haven't seen a single page.
Noun
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nonsensical talk or writing
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puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced
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