ketchup
IPA: kˈɛtʃʌp
noun
- (countable, now rare) Such a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes, but with mushrooms, fish, etc.). This is the older meaning.
- (uncountable, chiefly US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup. A tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners.
verb
- (transitive) To cover with ketchup.
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Examples of "ketchup" in Sentences
- The man is squeezing ketchup.
- It's ketchup and mayonnaise, by the way.
- Ketchup was used as medicine in the 1830's.
- Ketchup is not the same as the type of tomato sauce.
- I unconsciously malculated my pants with ketchup sauce.
- Finally, tomato ketchup may be squirted on the top of the sandwich.
- Finally, tomato ketchup may be squirted onto the top of the sandwich.
- Users tear the side or top and squeeze the ketchup out of the ketchup packets.
- Sometimes tomato sauce or ketchup is in the meat and baked along with the meat.
- The mustard and ketchup needed the proper consistency for this machine to work.
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