noun
ketchup
KECH-up/ˈketʃəp/
A thick, sweet and tangy tomato sauce used as a condiment.
The ketchup coats the end of the fry.
Etymology
The origin is uncertain, but ketchup originally named several kinds of savory sauce, including fish-based preparations. Tomato ketchup later became dominant, so the unqualified word came to mean the tomato condiment.
In context
she's also made tomato ketchup another popular Victorian relish
More examples
- A bottle of ketchup stood on the table.
- She wiped a spot of ketchup from her sleeve.
- The burger came without ketchup.
Forms
ketchup
Similar words
- tomato condiment
- A plain description.
- catsup
- An alternate spelling of ketchup.