Definition of "sauceboat" []

• A low, boat-shaped pitcher typically having a wide lip at one end and a handle at the other and used for serving sauces and gravies. (noun)

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• "Who would remember the exact position of a half-finished sauceboat or the angle of a spanner?"
• "Put this sauce through a fine strainer and serve it on top of the carved turkey or on the side in a sauceboat."
• "Serve the cream sauce from a sauceboat on the side, to be poured over to one's taste."