ketchup
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- noun
- /ˈkɛtʃəp/
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ketchup
- Could you please pass the ketchup so I can dip my fries?
- ketchup on a pizza
- tomato ketchup
- a box of ketchup
So you should basically call this sweetened ketchup, because that's what it is.
- So you should basically call this sweetened ketchup, because that's what it is.
- I just that the the ketchup, it's chilli sauce.
- So, but I, I do think ketchup gloves could be a big hit.
- So I guess let's do a life ketchup while I'm doing these roots.
Examples
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We gathered up our sandwiches, French fries, drinks, and extra ketchup, and settled down on a picnic bench.
Fiction book (1990) -
From the phone outside the window, he could see Michael dousing more ketchup on the burger.
Fiction book (1990) -
Give me some of that ketchup, would you?
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All I have to say is I was going to put ketchup on my food.
Fiction book (1991) -
I was playing with the ketchup on my plate.
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Best ketchup we ever made, Katie.
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What's the bottle of ketchup for?
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Now Fraser has it with ketchup for dipping.
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Three large fries, well done, extra ketchup and two orders of mozzarella sticks!
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Then Mother makes us ketchup-and-onion sandwiches and sends us out to the swings to eat them.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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A thick tomato sauce that people put on hamburgers and fries
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A thick red sauce made from tomatoes and used on foods like fries
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Etymology
The word ketchup comes from a Southeast Asian word kê-tsiap, also written kecap, which meant a 'pickled fish sauce' used by sailors and traders. So, when the idea reached Europe people changed it into the sweet tomato sauce we call ketchup today.