Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See sault.
  • A Scotch form of salt.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete An assault.

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Examples

  • As well as sending a salad mix of greens the farm sent us a bag of what they called sauté mix last week.

    Archive 2008-06-01 kat 2008

  • As well as sending a salad mix of greens the farm sent us a bag of what they called sauté mix last week.

    Spring Greens Pizza kat 2008

  • I made teriyaki chicken, fried rice (actually I made it quite healthy), and steamed green beans tossed in sautéed garlic.

    Home Sweet Home Lauren Thomas 2009

  • British English is often (not always) more eager to move the stress to the front than American English, and in sauté, like many other French loan-words, the stress on our side of the Atlantic is firmly on the first syllable.

    What an unnatural stress pattern you have, Ms. Sotomayor! « Motivated Grammar 2009

  • It is also great when paired with tart key limes or límones in sautéed chicken or fish dishes.

    Mescal 2003

  • It is also great when paired with tart key limes or límones in sautéed chicken or fish dishes.

    Mescal 2003

  • While certainly unusual, the escargot sauté ($12) was less successful.

    tcpalm.com Stories 2009

  • While certainly unusual, the escargot sauté ($12) was less successful.

    tcpalm.com Stories 2009

  • On the menu, this is called sautéed pork kidneys, but the literal translation is Fire-Exploded Kidney Flowers, a name that captures its fusion of the earthly and the ethereal.

    unknown title 2009

  • Chef Ramon whips up such Are-we-still-in-Mesa? dishes as pan-seared ostrich on a cheddar polenta cake topped with a lingonberryjalapeño preserve and escargot sautéed in white wine with cream and bleu cheese tossed with linguine.

    East Valley Tribune - Today's Top Stories 2008

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  • (soh) Literally "jump". As adjectives, sauté (masc.) or sautée (fem.) (soh TAY) are used to modify the quality of a step: for instance, échappé sauté indicates an échappé performed while jumping.

    October 1, 2008

  • Scots - salt.

    January 28, 2009