tomato-saucy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   With tomato sauce.

   • Our Franks in Blankets—an outdoor treat loaded with small-fry appeal—owe their unusual zest to pickle-sweet, tomato-saucy Heinz Hamburger Relish . . .
   • Cheese-filled battered eggplant rolls with a tomato-saucy flair.
2. 2

   Resembling or characteristic of tomato sauce.

   • Here’s tomato-saucy flavor kids can’t resist!
   • Mrs. Vanucci even kissed me and hugged me close to her ample, warm, tomato-saucy bosom.
   • The smell of dead fish, rotting meat, and Italian spices washed over me. […] The fishy, tomato-saucy reek of the bears hung in the air like bad breath in an elevator.

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