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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

Rhapsodizing about condiments to a ship of starving workers, Ylfa may as well bleat, “Let them eat ketchup!”

Quarterback Patrick Mahomes is a pitchman for insurance, shampoo and ketchup.

Placing ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” and FXX’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” into the same lunch tray compartments feels higher risk than, say, mixing red gelatin into your tater tots instead of ketchup.

From Salon

She’s also been taming the spice of Indian recipes by adding ketchup.

“I don’t intend to tell anyone what to do,” Steinmetz said, swiping ketchup with a fry, “but the takeaway for me has been to eat less meat and dairy,” two very resource-intensive products.

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