apple sauce

noun apple sauces · applesauce

1. countable, uncountable A culinary dish prepared by pureeing cooked apples.
2. alternative, countable, dated, slang, uncountable Alternative spelling of applesauce (“nonsense”). “You mean that I am now labelled not only as a loony in a general sort of way but also as a klept-whatever-it-is?” “Merely to your immediate circle now resident at Brinkley Court, sir.” “You keep saying that, and you must know it's the purest apple sauce. You don't really think the Creams will maint