cetchup
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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
- thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes