: a seasoned pureed condiment usually made from tomatoes
Examples of ketchup in a Sentence
She put ketchup on her hamburger.
Recent Examples on the WebInstead of ketchup or ranch, there’s a small cup of barbecue sauce on the side.—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024 Blue Plate's Creamy Cocktail Sauce adds the traditional ingredients of ketchup and horseradish to their original mayonnaise recipe.—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 May 2024 Defense attorneys can throw any number of hamburgers against the wall to see if any ketchup sticks.—Peter Grier, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 May 2024 The budget-conscious cookout menu includes hot dogs, buns, ketchup, mustard, relish, potato salad, corn on the cob, potato chips, soda pop, juice boxes, ice pops and watermelon.—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for ketchup
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed, directly or via Malay kecap (phonetically kətʃap) "fish sauce," from Southern Min (Chinese dialects of southeast Fujian) kôe-chiap (Xiamen), kê-chiap (Zhangzhou), from kôe, kê "salted or pickled fish or shellfish" + chiap "juice, sap"
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