pasta sauce
English
Noun
pasta sauce (countable and uncountable, plural pasta sauces)
- Any of many sauces designed to be served with pasta
- Tomatoes and basil are popular ingredients in pasta sauces.
- (colloquial) By restriction, tomato-based red sauces with herbs and spices, typically used on spaghetti and pizza
Hyponyms
(colloquial):
- tomato sauce (vegetarian sauce)
- meat sauce (tomato-based)
(sauce designed for pasta):
- alfredo
- amatriciana
- arrabbiata
- bolognese
- marinara
- pomodoro
- carbonara
- pesto