Definition

Noun 1. A thick, spiced tomato-based sauce: A condiment typically used as a topping or ingredient, made primarily from tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, and spices.

Usage

Cetchup is a mass noun (uncountable). It refers to the sauce as a substance. - It is commonly served with foods like french fries, hamburgers, and eggs. - It is stored in a bottle or jar. - The word is often used with quantifiers like "some," "a bottle of," or "a dollop of."

Examples

• Noun:
  • Would you like some cetchup on your hot dog?
  • This recipe calls for a tablespoon of cetchup.
  • He shook the bottle to get the last of the cetchup out.

Advanced Usage

• "cetchup bottle": A container specifically designed for holding and dispensing this sauce.
  • The cetchup bottle was nearly empty.
• "cetchup stain": A discoloration caused by spilling this sauce.
  • He tried to remove the cetchup stain from his shirt.

Variants and Related Words

• Ketchup: The far more common and standard modern spelling for the same condiment.
  • "Ketchup" is the preferred spelling in most dictionaries.
• Tomato sauce: A broader term that can include plain puréed tomatoes or other seasoned sauces, not always synonymous with the spiced, sweet-and-sour profile of .
• Condiment: A general term for a substance like salt, mustard, or used to flavor food.

Synonyms

• Tomato ketchup: Specifies the main ingredient.
• Red sauce: An informal term, primarily in certain dialects.

Related Phrases

• "Everything but the kitchen sink" (Idiom): Sometimes humorously applied to the many potential ingredients in recipes.
  • This homemade cetchup has everything but the kitchen sink in it!
• "As American as apple pie" (Idiom): (ketchup) is often considered a similarly iconic American staple.
  • Hamburgers, fries, and cetchup are as American as apple pie.

Noun

1. thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes