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applesauce

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ap·ple·sauce  (pl-sôs)
n.
1. Apples stewed to a pulp, and sometimes sweetened and spiced.
2. Slang Nonsense; foolishness.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.applesauceapplesauce - puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced
apple sauce
dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"
2.applesauce - nonsensical talk or writing
codswallop, folderol, trumpery, wish-wash, tripe, rubbish, trash
drivel, garbage - a worthless message
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"


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There are more than 150 recipes to prepare apples for delicious consumption that range from Apple-Banana Smoothie; to Apple Horseradish Sauce; to Applesauce Loaf Bread; to Baked Squash with Apples; to One-Crust Honey Apple Pie; to Apple Pandowdy; to Quick Apple Jelly.
From The Apple Orchard by Bethany, Susan / Reviewer's Bookwatch
Although the text is often saccharine ("We all go to the table / 'Cause now it's time to eat / Our applesauce and latkes; / What a yummy treat
Maxie Baum I Have a Little Dreidel by Smith, Rachel L. / The Horn Book Magazine
Meats served in orbit have come a tong way from the gelatin-coated food cubes and aluminum tubes of applesauce that sustained Gemini astronauts in the 1960s.
Shooting some spice into space by New York Times Upfront
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