applesauce

noun

ap·ple·sauce ˈa-pəl-ˌsȯs How to pronounce applesauce (audio)

: a relish or dessert made of apples stewed to a pulp and sweetened

slang : bunkum, nonsense

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English offers a smorgasbord of words for nonsense, some of which are better known as words for food. We have baloney, spinach, rhubarb, and toffee, not to mention full of beans. And if none of those offerings are to your taste, you can say that's pure banana oil! Seemingly innocuous applesauce was first introduced to this menu back in the early 20th century. Back then, there may have been some bias against the real stuff. Poet Wallace Stevens’s turn-of-the-century description of a meal consisting of "some unnameable smathering of greasy fritters . . . and of course the inevictable applesauce" shows a lack of respect that must have been shared by others.

Synonyms

balderdash
baloney
boloney
beans
bilge
blah
blah-blah
blarney
blather
blatherskite
blither
bosh
bull [slang]
bunk
bunkum
buncombe
claptrap
codswallop [British]
crapola [slang]
crock
drivel
drool
fiddle
fiddle-faddle
fiddlesticks
flannel [British]
flapdoodle
folderol
falderal
folly
foolishness
fudge
garbage
guff
hogwash
hokeypokey
hokum
hoodoo
hooey
horsefeathers [slang]
humbug
humbuggery
jazz
malarkey
malarky
moonshine
muck
nerts [slang]
nonsense
nuts
piffle
poppycock
punk
rot
rubbish
senselessness
silliness
slush
stupidity
taradiddle
tarradiddle
tommyrot
tosh
trash
trumpery
twaddle

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Example Sentences

all that talk about taking up the farming life was just a lot of spoiled applesauce

Recent Examples on the Web Skeens won best spaghetti sauce, best applesauce and best sauerkraut.

Sydney Page, Washington Post, 30 June 2022 In a separate bowl, combine applesauce, egg, vanilla and canola oil.

Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2022 If the kids are already fans of applesauce, then this cake recipe will become their new favorite dessert.

Courtney Campbell And Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 24 June 2022 The accommodations might include welcoming more wandering around the church than usual and providing applesauce with just a small amount of communion wafer for those who have difficulty swallowing.

Sophy Chaffee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2022 They are followed by lamb tomahawk with mint sauce and celeriac, crispy pheasant with applesauce and cress salad.

Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2022 Unless there are medical issues, leave the applesauce and bathroom requests alone.

Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022 Lenten option: Shrimp with applesauce and fries, $14.

Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Mar. 2022 The first 2,000 people who donate three nonperishable food items (cooking oil and fruit snack packs, low-sugar applesauce and mandarin oranges preferred) to the Mid Gate between noon and 3 p.m.

Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2022 See More

单词	applesauce
释义	applesauce noun ap·ple·sauce ˈa-pəl-ˌsȯs 1 : a relish or dessert made of apples stewed to a pulp and sweetened 2 slang : bunkum, nonsense Did you know? English offers a smorgasbord of words for nonsense, some of which are better known as words for food. We have baloney, spinach, rhubarb, and toffee, not to mention full of beans. And if none of those offerings are to your taste, you can say that's pure banana oil! Seemingly innocuous applesauce was first introduced to this menu back in the early 20th century. Back then, there may have been some bias against the real stuff. Poet Wallace Stevens’s turn-of-the-century description of a meal consisting of "some unnameable smathering of greasy fritters . . . and of course the inevictable applesauce" shows a lack of respect that must have been shared by others. Synonyms balderdash baloney boloney beans bilge blah blah-blah blarney blather blatherskite blither bosh bull [slang] bunk bunkum buncombe claptrap codswallop [British] crapola [slang] crock drivel drool fiddle fiddle-faddle fiddlesticks flannel [British] flapdoodle folderol falderal folly foolishness fudge garbage guff hogwash hokeypokey hokum hoodoo hooey horsefeathers [slang] humbug humbuggery jazz malarkey malarky moonshine muck nerts [slang] nonsense nuts piffle poppycock punk rot rubbish senselessness silliness slush stupidity taradiddle tarradiddle tommyrot tosh trash trumpery twaddle See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences all that talk about taking up the farming life was just a lot of spoiled applesauce Recent Examples on the Web Skeens won best spaghetti sauce, best applesauce and best sauerkraut. Sydney Page, Washington Post, 30 June 2022 In a separate bowl, combine applesauce, egg, vanilla and canola oil. Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2022 If the kids are already fans of applesauce, then this cake recipe will become their new favorite dessert. Courtney Campbell And Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 24 June 2022 The accommodations might include welcoming more wandering around the church than usual and providing applesauce with just a small amount of communion wafer for those who have difficulty swallowing. Sophy Chaffee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2022 They are followed by lamb tomahawk with mint sauce and celeriac, crispy pheasant with applesauce and cress salad. Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2022 Unless there are medical issues, leave the applesauce and bathroom requests alone. Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022 Lenten option: Shrimp with applesauce and fries, $14. Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Mar. 2022 The first 2,000 people who donate three nonperishable food items (cooking oil and fruit snack packs, low-sugar applesauce and mandarin oranges preferred) to the Mid Gate between noon and 3 p.m. Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1672, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition applesauce noun ap·ple·sauce ˈa-pəl-ˌsȯs : a sweet sauce made from cooked apples applesauce noun slang as in nuts language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense all that talk about taking up the farming life was just a lot of spoiled applesauce Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance nuts garbage beans drool nonsense blah rubbish bunk jazz silliness stupidity fudge crock baloney trash muck fiddle boloney fiddlesticks balderdash blatherskite foolishness punk flapdoodle craziness insanity bilge rot flannel twaddle folderol moonshine bunkum trumpery hokum tommyrot blither bull horsefeathers malarkey humbuggery hogwash bosh poppycock tarradiddle tosh piffle nerts slush madness blarney blather hooey falderal claptrap drivel buncombe crapola fiddle-faddle codswallop guff gas taradiddle greek hokeypokey hoodoo absurdity humbug blah-blah folly malarky senselessness idiocy foolery inaneness absurdness monkeyshine(s) inanity tomfoolery monkey business kookiness hot air imbecility lunacy rigamarole shenanigan(s) fatuity witlessness rigmarole asininity hoity-toity hocus-pocus double-talk Antonyms & Near Antonyms reasonableness horse sense rationality sensibleness sense reasonability levelheadedness judgment wisdom judgement common sense discernment See More
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applesauce

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