Definition of ketchup
: a seasoned pureed condiment usually made from tomatoes
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Examples of ketchup in a Sentence
She put ketchup on her hamburger.
Recent Examples of ketchup from the Web
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On June 5, stop by for the Dr. Cudmore burger ($5), a double cheeseburger built on Texas toast with tomato, lettuce and ketchup.
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Nearly everything is served with generous sides of a seemingly-endless supply of Maggi ketchup, washed-ashore from an Indian tanker in the late sixties.
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Yet as investors ponder a potential acquisition, there's a more pertinent question that's worth asking: Why would Kraft Heinz, the renowned maker of ketchup and cheese, want to buy Colgate?
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Some of our favorites: mustard, homemade ketchup, or even homemade ranch.
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Or if they’re smothered with onions or slathered with ketchup.
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Flattened out to between three and six inches in diameter, the $10 pork tenderloin is served up on a bun with lettuce, tomato and onion, while fans vary their condiment choices among mustard, mayo, ketchup or plain.
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Who among us can deny the satisfying whoosh of ketchup coming clean out of a bottle?
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Origin and Etymology of ketchup
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”
KETCHUP Defined for English Language Learners
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: a thick sauce made with tomatoes
KETCHUP Defined for Kids
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\ˈke-chəp, ˈka-; ˈkat-səp\Definition of ketchup for Students
: a thick seasoned sauce made from tomatoes
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