: a seasoned pureed condiment usually made from tomatoes
Examples of ketchup in a Sentence
She put ketchup on her hamburger.
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One recent morning, my young son, Wolfgang, mixed liquids — orange juice, ketchup, old coffee — into the warm milk and globs of solids left over in his morning cereal bowl.
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Chloé Cooper Jones Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan Zachary Mouton, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Throughout the ages, Chicago has firmly eschewed ketchup on hot dogs, and Heinz is trying to paint the city red with ketchup appreciation.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
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Chloé Cooper Jones Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan Zachary Mouton, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Throughout the ages, Chicago has firmly eschewed ketchup on hot dogs, and Heinz is trying to paint the city red with ketchup appreciation.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
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“Ketchup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ketchup. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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ketchup
noun
ketch·up
variants
also catchup
or catsup
ˈkech-əp,
ˈkach-
: a thick seasoned sauce usually made from tomatoes
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