pasta sauce

English

Noun

pasta sauce (countable and uncountable, plural pasta sauces)

1. Any of many sauces designed to be served with pasta (and sometimes used on pizza), especially a tomato-based red sauce with herbs and spices.

   Tomatoes and basil are popular ingredients in pasta sauces.

Hyponyms

(colloquial):

• tomato sauce (vegetarian sauce)
• meat sauce (tomato-based)

(sauce designed for pasta):

• alfredo
• amatriciana
• arrabbiata
• bolognese
• marinara
• pomodoro
• carbonara
• pesto