condiment

[ kon-duh-muhnt ]

/ ˈkɒn də mənt /

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noun

something used to give a special flavor to food, as mustard, ketchup, salt, or spices.

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Origin of condiment

1400–50; late Middle English <Middle French <Latin condīmentum spice, equivalent to condī(re) to season + -mentum-ment

OTHER WORDS FROM condiment

con·di·men·tal, con·di·men·ta·ry, adjectivenon·con·di·ment, nounnon·con·di·men·tal, adjective

Words nearby condiment

condescending, condescension, condign, condignity, Condillac, condiment, condisciple, condition, conditional, conditional access, conditional convergence

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How to use condiment in a sentence

Check the bag regularly for any spilled food or lost condiments.
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Repackaging condiments and other food products that you won’t finish on your trip is a pro move, too.
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“Hopefully, one of your other readers will have a similar story about deedle-dees, the one true name for the condiment,” wrote John, who now lives in Woodbine, Md.
There’s a word for that. It may just not be the word you learned growing up.|John Kelly|May 5, 2021|Washington Post
The secret to the dish is its dipping sauce, which leans on a crab-fat paste widely used as a condiment in Pampanga.
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The half jar of the condiment I’m inevitably left with after the holiday dinner inspired this sheet pan meal.
Horseradish and matzoh-crusted cod is an ideal sheet pan dinner to use up leftover Passover ingredients|Ellie Krieger|March 18, 2021|Washington Post
At the same time, great sadness awaits those going into the lifestyle condiment business.
The Music Industry Is Dying? Great|James Poulos|December 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“Pop music has evolved into a lifestyle condiment,” sighs Steven Hyden at Grantland.
The Music Industry Is Dying? Great|James Poulos|December 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Best eaten with strong, spicy harissa as a condiment, to counter the fattiness of the meat.
The World’s Five Best Cheap Meals|Jodi Ettenberg|November 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
To be sure, he was no cultural condiment but the meat of the matter itself.
Robert Hughes: A Fierce Critic and Powerful Voice Now Silenced|Simon Schama|August 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Not so much a dish but a condiment suited for almost any meal, salsa verde would have to be one of the tastiest condiments.
Fresh Picks|Chris Rendell|October 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Salt is the condiment to use with them, but sugar is allowable.
The Complete Bachelor|Walter Germain
Mrs. Condiment, the housekeeper, therefore, greeted the "Cap'n" heartily on the threshold of the cottage when he arrived.
The Riddle of the Mysterious Light|Mary E. Hanshew
He says he abstained principally from animal food; using it, if he used it at all, only as a condiment for his vegetables.
Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages|William Andrus Alcott
Saffron is used as a pigment for the sectarian marks on the forehead of the orthodox Hindu and also as a condiment.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir|Sir James McCrone Douie
The daintiest condiment of all is the French mayonnaise sauce served with lettuce.
Margaret Brown's French Cookery Book|Margaret Brown

British Dictionary definitions for condiment

condiment

/ (ˈkɒndɪmənt) /

noun

any spice or sauce such as salt, pepper, mustard, etc

Word Origin for condiment

C15: from Latin condīmentum seasoning, from condīre to pickle

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