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ketchup

[ kech-uhp, kach- ]

noun

  1. a condiment consisting of puréed tomatoes, onions, vinegar, sugar, spices, etc.
  2. any of various other condiments or sauces for meat, fish, etc.:

    mushroom ketchup; walnut ketchup.



ketchup

/ ˈkɛtʃəp /

noun

  1. any of various piquant sauces containing vinegar

    tomato ketchup

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ketchup1

First recorded in 1705–15; from Malay kəchap “fish sauce,” perhaps from dialectal Chinese kéjāp (Guangdong) or ke-tsiap (Xiamen), akin to Chinese qié “eggplant” + chī “juice”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ketchup1

C18: from Chinese (Amoy) kōetsiap brine of pickled fish, from kōe seafood + tsiap sauce
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Example Sentences

So, we probably shouldn’t expect Heinz to be slipping any insects in their ketchup, at least knowingly.

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Serve with comeback sauce, “a satisfying mix of creamy, spicy and sweet” that uses just a little ketchup to get there.

He still takes out the guts of a filing cabinet to make a pizza oven, and he still stands by and watches his friend get covered in ketchup and mustard.

What you have to do is lure two beasts with ketchup, then watch one hit another.

Sally ate it with maple syrup; at home we ate the store-bought kind with ketchup.

The $6 item comes with a bun and burger along with cheese, ketchup, pickles, and requires about 10 minutes of cooking time.

Heinz traces its lineage to 1869 and first started making ketchup in 1876.

A tablespoon of ketchup, for example, contains about a teaspoon of sugar, or about 16 calories of added sugar.

Things like ketchup have about 16 calories of added sugar per tablespoon, and it can add up.

Add two shalots, a little salt and pepper, a grate of nutmeg, a gill of mushroom ketchup and the same of Marsala.

A small quantity of Harvey sauce, ketchup, or port wine, may be added to enrich the gravy.

Season with salt and pepper, spread with one tablespoon of soft butter and one tablespoon of tomato ketchup.

Season with one-half teaspoon of salt, one-fourth teaspoon paprika, and two tablespoons tomato ketchup.

A most excellent tomato sauce is made of a brilliant red ketchup, known to dealers under the name of "Connoisseur Ketchup."

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