ketchup
/'ketʃəp/
Definition
- Noun:
- A thick, smooth, cold sauce made primarily from tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, and spices: Ketchup is a common condiment used to add flavor to foods like french fries, burgers, and eggs.
Usage
Ketchup is a non-count (mass) noun. It is typically served in a bottle or a small container. You do not usually say "a ketchup" or "ketchups." Instead, you refer to an amount: some ketchup, a bottle of ketchup, a packet of ketchup.
Examples
- Noun:
- Would you like ketchup with your fries?
- He put too much ketchup on his hot dog.
- This restaurant makes its own homemade ketchup.
Advanced Usage
- "Ketchup" as a base for other sauces: In some recipes, ketchup is used as a base ingredient for other sauces, like barbecue sauce or cocktail sauce.
- The recipe for the meatloaf glaze calls for ketchup, brown sugar, and mustard.
Variants and Related Words
- Catsup (noun): An alternative, less common spelling for "ketchup." It means the same thing.
- The label on the old bottle said "catsup."
- Tomato sauce: This is a broader term. In some countries like the UK, "tomato sauce" can be a synonym for ketchup. However, "tomato sauce" can also refer to a cooked sauce used in pasta dishes, which is different from ketchup.
Synonyms
- Tomato ketchup: The full name, often used to distinguish it from other types of sauce.
- Tomato sauce (in some dialects/regions).
Related Phrases
- "Everything but the ketchup": A humorous phrase meaning you have all the necessary components except for one final, often small, thing.
- I've built the entire model plane. It's everything but the ketchup—I just need to add the decals.
- "As American as apple pie and ketchup": A variation on the idiom "as American as apple pie," highlighting ketchup as a quintessentially American condiment.
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thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes
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