Definition

Noun: A cold condiment or sauce, typically served with seafood, that is usually based on ketchup or tomato sauce and is flavored with horseradish and lemon juice. It is similar to cocktail sauce.

Usage

This noun refers to a specific type of sauce. It is typically used as an uncountable noun when referring to the substance itself. * Would you like some seafood sauce with your prawns? * This recipe for seafood sauce is very simple. * The seafood sauce is too spicy for me.

Examples

• She dipped her shrimp into the tangy seafood sauce.
• The perfect accompaniment for cold crab is a homemade seafood sauce.
• The seafood sauce provided a zesty contrast to the delicate fish.

Advanced Usage

• "a seafood sauce": Can be used with an indefinite article when referring to a specific preparation or batch.
  • He made a delicious seafood sauce for the party.

Variants and Related Words

• Cocktail Sauce: A very similar sauce, often used interchangeably with "seafood sauce." The primary difference is regional naming preference; "cocktail sauce" is more common in American English.
• Marie Rose sauce: A British term for a similar pink sauce often made with mayonnaise and ketchup/tomato purée, sometimes considered a variant of seafood sauce.

Synonyms

• Cocktail sauce
• Shrimp sauce (in some contexts)

Related Phrases

• To serve with seafood sauce: A common phrase describing how a dish is presented.
  • The oysters were served with seafood sauce on the side.

Noun

1. usually catsup with horseradish and lemon juice