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ketchup

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Food, dish
ketch·up (also catsup American English) /ˈketʃəp/ ●●○ noun [uncountable]  DFFa thick cold red sauce made from tomatoes that you put on food 番茄酱 a bottle of tomato ketchup 一瓶番茄酱
Examples from the Corpus
ketchupWhen it arrives, May and Atkins promptly smother theirs in ketchup.Toppings include ketchup, mustard, pickles, relish and jalape-os.Do you need ketchup on something?Vlasic's brand would complement Heinz's ketchup, sauces and condiment business well, analysts said.Does anybody else needs some ketchup on something?The place was full of screaming babies and smeary trays and spilled ketchup.The mess was just spilled ketchup.The tomato ketchup stained her fingers and fell as uncompromisingly on her dress as blood, but her brain was racing.
Origin ketchup (1600-1700) Malay kechap hot-tasting fish sauce
ketch·up nounChineseSyllable
a Corpus tomatoes cold sauce thick made red from


ketchup
ketchup /ˈketʃəp/ (also catsup American English) noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Malay
 Origin: kechap 'hot-tasting fish sauce'
a thick cold red sauce made from tomatoes that you put on food:
    a bottle of tomato ketchup


ketchupBrE /ˈketʃəp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈketʃəp/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a thick cold sauce made from tomatoes, usually sold in bottles 番茄酱