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ketchup bottle

ketchup bottle

5 1.0
A small bottle that holds ketchup and lets you squeeze it onto food
  • noun
translation icon : botella de ketchup
  • The children laughed as they tried to squeeze the ketchup bottle more than the others during lunch.
  • the bottom of the ketchup bottle

Examples

  • Francesca struggled to open the ketchup bottle until she found the right grip to twist off the cap.

  • When Michel can't open the ketchup bottle, Francesca grabs it, palms the top skillfully, and twists it off.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Time to get the old ketchup bottle out; it might make these words taste a bit better.

    Blog text (19)

  • I've been carrying this ketchup bottle around for weeks.

    Diner (1982)

  • Lloyd laughs and shows everyone a squeeze ketchup bottle hidden in his hand.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • She knew this because ketchup bottle styles haven't changed much over the years.

    Blog text (29)

  • " Any news? " Bruno asked, hitting the bottom of a Heinz ketchup bottle with the flat of his hand and aiming it toward his French fries.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • When Butch returns his attention to Eileen, she’s moved a few feet away and is refilling ketchup bottles.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The menus are well displayed on LCD screens above the counter, the soda taps are brand new and clean, with a full ketchup bottle at every table and a staff that will bring your food out to where you're seated.

    Blog text (6)

  • Not far from here, hamburgers were being eased onto open hamburger buns, ketchup was jetting forth from a ketchup bottle, and a man was pouring milk.

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

catsup bottle
vsketchup bottle
  • Archaic
1.0

A container for holding and pouring ketchup

is the same bottle but uses the alternative common name

How Easy

dispenser
25 3.5
ketchup bottle
5 1.0
bottle
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

ketchup bottle singular
ketchup bottles plural

Morphology

ketchup + bottle

This is a straightforward noun–noun compound where 'ketchup' specifies the bottle's contents; a B1 learner who knows 'ketchup' and 'bottle' can derive 'a bottle for ketchup' without prior exposure. The content+container compositional pattern is common across languages and follows regular English compounding, making the meaning immediately predictable.

Etymology

Ketchup bottle is a simple picture: a bottle that holds ketchup, the red sauce. Because people always saw ketchup kept in a bottle and then 'poured' or 'squeezed' out, the name came to mean a bottle made to hold and give ketchup.