pasta sauce

English

Noun

pasta sauce (countable and uncountable, plural pasta sauces)

1. Any of many sauces designed to be served with pasta.

   Tomatoes and basil are popular ingredients in pasta sauces.

2. (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