Definition of "bolognese" [bo•lo•gnese]

• An Italian sauce made of ground meat and tomato. (noun)
• A dish served with bolognese. (noun)

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• "Sara, sometime ago I promised you a polenta recipe, it's up on my blog, it is called bolognese polenta."
• "When I was growing up in the US my schoolmates loved spaghetti with meatballs, which I found very odd (Tuscans make sugo alla bolognese, which is made with ground meat), and shrank horrified from anchovies and Gorgonzola."
• "But it bears no resemblance to a traditional Italian 'bolognese', known as a ragu, which has no garlic whatsoever, nor a single herb."