applesauce

Smooth orchard condiment

Applesauce is a soft, sweet preparation of cooked apples, typically eaten as a side dish or snack: The pork chops came with applesauce.

In dated American slang, applesauce means nonsense or insincere flattery: That's a lot of applesauce.

food

puree

Smoothly blended food

jarred · organic · unsweetened · sweetened · strained · babyfood · snack · porkchops · latkes · mashed

slang

nonsense

Meaningless words or actions

malarkey · poppycock · rubbish · hooey · drivel · gibberish · fiddlesticks · tommyrot · balderdash · codswallop

homemade

simmering

Cooking below boiling point

mashing · canning · preserving · orchard · recipe · handmade · rustic · wholesome · spiced · nutmeg

nostalgia

childhood

Life's earliest phase

tradition · comfort · warmth · cozy · vintage · sentimental · old-fashioned · heritage · reminisce · yesteryear

color

beige

Pale sandy brown

  • tanYellowish-brown hue
  • taupeMuted gray-brown hue
  • buffAvid fan; also burnish

oatmeal · wheat · camel · sand · khaki · ecru · bisque · fawn · cream · muted

Categories
Opposites
nonsense vs. sense (slang meaning)

applesaucetruth

Accordance with reality

fact · sense · wisdom · reason · rationality

texture (food meaning)

applesauceapple slices

Sectioned pomaceous fruit

crunchy · solid · dried apple

Phrases
Family

applesauces

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G