sauce dish

Small serving bowl

A sauce dish is a small, shallow dish for holding sauce at the table, allowing diners to dip food or spoon sauce onto their plates.

It's typically smaller than a side dish and may have a slight lip to prevent spilling: She set out sauce dishes filled with soy sauce and wasabi.

Related

small · ceramic · wasabi · saucer · appetizer · finger food · spring roll · drizzle · portion · shallow · glaze · teriyaki · tableside · table setting · dim sum · accompaniment · gravy boat · relish

Opposites
serving hierarchy

sauce dishdinner plate

Circular mealtime vessel

serving platter · main dish · casserole dish · meat platter · bread plate

vessel size

sauce dishserving platter

Large dish for presenting food

punch bowl · tureen · soup tureen · serving bowl · roasting pan

Family

sauce, dish, sauces, sauced, saucing, saucy, saucier, sauciest, saucily

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G