ketchup

IPA: kˈɛtʃʌp

(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.

Examples of "ketchup" in Sentences

To serve, mix in ketchup or hot sauce of your choice.
Smokey and Blaise look great and Smokey knows how important ketchup is to keeping ones sanity (just ask Garrison Keillor).
And to make its trek into the 21st century complete, Heinz has launched a Facebook fan page, where ketchup enthusiasts If there are any! can share stories, videos, photos about…..ketchup.
For the first time in 40 years, Heinz ketchup is changing its famous recipe — by lowering the salt content in an effort to appeal to more health-conscious consumers, the company said yesterday.
� Ms. OBAMA: Many of these kids may never learn that ketchup comes from a tomato or that French fries actually come from a potato, because they're very disconnected from the food that they eat.
Restaurants give ketchup away, so "cost is king," says Amy Coltrin , senior director of product development for Golden State Foods Corp., a Heinz competitor that supplies private-label ketchup to most McDonald's in the U.S.
Did you know the American front porch is an architectural tradition from Africa ... that an early version of pizza was baked on ancient warriors 'shields ... and that the word "ketchup" comes from the Chinese "ki-tsiap" meaning "fish sauce"?