ketchup
ketchup
Definition
ketchup (kec̸h′əp)
noun
a sauce for meat, fish, etc.; esp., a thick sauce (tomato ketchup) made of tomatoes flavored with onion, salt, sugar, etc.
Etymology: ? via Malay kēchap, a fish sauce < Chin ke-tsiap
ketchup
Synonyms
ketchup
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- put: Give him spaghetti, he'll put ketchup on it.
- get: Go on, take it, it's got ketchup.
- have: To simply have some ketchup would destroy all of the tension that we have tried to build - this would be a terrible mistake.
- include: They include tomato ketchup, brown sauce, salad cream, mayonnaise, French dressing, mustard, pickles and relishes.
- add: Bring to the boil and add ketchup and stock cubes.
- play: The Cox are playing catch-up to Stuntface, & Six Year Hangover ( pic above ) are playing ketchup to The Cox.
Adjective modifier
- red: A young man with colitis described his illness as " a yellow omelet on a round white plate with red ketchup " .
- more: When my daughter was little she would ask for more ketchup for her fries.
Modifies a noun
- bottle: How did it feel the first time you saw him lick the top of the ketchup bottle?
- packet: There is a small air bubble trapped inside the ketchup packet.
- sandwhiches: The public eye along the country's ketchup sandwhiches during.
- dispenser: These were nearly accompanied by lahars of ketchup when the lid flew off the ketchup dispenser next.
- sauce: It's popularity really took off when an American called Mr Heinz bought out his " new " ketchup sauce in 1876.
Modifying Another Word
- enough: He'd eat carpet fluff if it had enough ketchup on it.
- even: Darkened hallways instruments silicon valley's golden age seem hackneyed even ketchup sandwhiches during.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near ketchup
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