SAUCEBOAT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce

Synonyms:

boat; gravy boat; gravy holder; sauceboat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sauceboat" is a kind of...):

dish (a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sauceboat"):

argyle; argyll (a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm)