"applesauce-y" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "form": "more applesauce-y",
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most applesauce-y",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "word": "applesaucey"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977 April 21, Ann H. Walker, “Food shopper”, in The Staunton Leader, volume 130, number 78, Staunton, Va., page 26, column 2:",
          "text": "April is Applesauce Month — so celebrate by including applesauce in your meals. […] Try these applesauce-y tips — there’s sure to be a family favorite.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992 January 31, Geoffrey Tomb, “Savor seasonal bounty at Harvest House”, in The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla., page 18G:",
          "text": "Applesauce-y papaya-rum barbecue sauce was under, not on, the lean meat.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, editors at America’s Test Kitchen, “Deep-Dish Apple Pie”, in The Cook’s Country Cookbook: Rediscovering American Home Cooking with 500 Classic, Regional, and Heirloom Recipes, Brookline, Mass.: America’s Test Kitchen, →ISBN, page 526:",
          "text": "After foraging for recipes that met our specifications for deep-dish—a minimum of 5 pounds of apples as opposed to the meager 2 pounds in a standard pie—we realized why most recipe writers stick with pies of modest size: your standard apple pie may have a juicy filling, but most deep-dish pies are downright flooded, with the apples swimming in an ocean of liquid. As a result, the bottom crust becomes a pale, soggy mess. In addition, the crowd of apples tends to cook unevenly, with mushy, applesauce-y edges surrounding a crunchy, underdone center.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 19, Bonnie S. Benwick, “Hanukkah recipes: How to build better latkes”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-01-03:",
          "text": "Abigail’s Top-Secret Brisket of Beef. The fruity components of the sauce can stand in for any applesauce-y side dish.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 January 7, Aynsley Kirshenbaum, quoting Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp, “Re: And... it's already begun”, in January 2013 Sugar Purge (Google Groups), published 2014 January 8, archived from the original on 2023-11-07:",
          "text": "Baked apples were 375 for about 20 minutes. However, you could cook them for longer, depending on if you want it to taste cake or applesauce-y.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 October 27, Monika Spykerman, “Applesauce Cake takes the cake”, in The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash., archived from the original on 2021-10-27:",
          "text": "It bakes up with layers: graham cracker crust on the bottom, then an applesauce-y layer, then a souffle-ish layer, then a topping of cinnamon-laced whipped cream.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Amy Feltman, All the Things We Don’t Talk About, New York, N.Y.: Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "On my last trip, to Johannesburg, this terrible baby kept trying to pat my face with her applesauce-y hand. […] Tiny fingers, smeared with applesauce, bopping her on the nose.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of applesaucey."
      ],
      "id": "en-applesauce-y-en-adj-3goItfZO",
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          "applesaucey",
          "applesaucey#English"
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  "word": "applesauce-y"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more applesauce-y",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most applesauce-y",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "word": "applesaucey"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977 April 21, Ann H. Walker, “Food shopper”, in The Staunton Leader, volume 130, number 78, Staunton, Va., page 26, column 2:",
          "text": "April is Applesauce Month — so celebrate by including applesauce in your meals. […] Try these applesauce-y tips — there’s sure to be a family favorite.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992 January 31, Geoffrey Tomb, “Savor seasonal bounty at Harvest House”, in The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla., page 18G:",
          "text": "Applesauce-y papaya-rum barbecue sauce was under, not on, the lean meat.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, editors at America’s Test Kitchen, “Deep-Dish Apple Pie”, in The Cook’s Country Cookbook: Rediscovering American Home Cooking with 500 Classic, Regional, and Heirloom Recipes, Brookline, Mass.: America’s Test Kitchen, →ISBN, page 526:",
          "text": "After foraging for recipes that met our specifications for deep-dish—a minimum of 5 pounds of apples as opposed to the meager 2 pounds in a standard pie—we realized why most recipe writers stick with pies of modest size: your standard apple pie may have a juicy filling, but most deep-dish pies are downright flooded, with the apples swimming in an ocean of liquid. As a result, the bottom crust becomes a pale, soggy mess. In addition, the crowd of apples tends to cook unevenly, with mushy, applesauce-y edges surrounding a crunchy, underdone center.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 19, Bonnie S. Benwick, “Hanukkah recipes: How to build better latkes”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-01-03:",
          "text": "Abigail’s Top-Secret Brisket of Beef. The fruity components of the sauce can stand in for any applesauce-y side dish.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 January 7, Aynsley Kirshenbaum, quoting Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp, “Re: And... it's already begun”, in January 2013 Sugar Purge (Google Groups), published 2014 January 8, archived from the original on 2023-11-07:",
          "text": "Baked apples were 375 for about 20 minutes. However, you could cook them for longer, depending on if you want it to taste cake or applesauce-y.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 October 27, Monika Spykerman, “Applesauce Cake takes the cake”, in The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash., archived from the original on 2021-10-27:",
          "text": "It bakes up with layers: graham cracker crust on the bottom, then an applesauce-y layer, then a souffle-ish layer, then a topping of cinnamon-laced whipped cream.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Amy Feltman, All the Things We Don’t Talk About, New York, N.Y.: Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "On my last trip, to Johannesburg, this terrible baby kept trying to pat my face with her applesauce-y hand. […] Tiny fingers, smeared with applesauce, bopping her on the nose.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of applesaucey."
      ],
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          "applesaucey",
          "applesaucey#English"
        ]
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}