ketchup
noun/ˈketʃʌp/
/ˈketʃəp/
(also tomato ketchup)
(US English also catsup)
[uncountable]- a thick cold sauce made from tomatoes, usually sold in bottlesTopics Foodb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryKetchup is used before these nouns:
- packet
- tomato
Word Originlate 17th cent.: perhaps from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) k'ē chap ‘tomato juice’.Want to learn more?
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