KETCHUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ketchup mean? 

• KETCHUP (noun)
  The noun KETCHUP has 1 sense:

1. thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes

  Familiarity information: KETCHUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KETCHUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

catsup; cetchup; ketchup; tomato ketchup

Hypernyms ("ketchup" is a kind of...):

condiment (a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment)

 Context examples 

I did not like to leave him, under such circumstances, and we all three dined together off a beefsteak pie—which was one of the many good things for which Peggotty was famous—and which was curiously flavoured on this occasion, I recollect well, by a miscellaneous taste of tea, coffee, butter, bacon, cheese, new loaves, firewood, candles, and walnut ketchup, continually ascending from the shop.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The division of labour to which he had referred was this:—Traddles cut the mutton into slices; Mr. Micawber (who could do anything of this sort to perfection) covered them with pepper, mustard, salt, and cayenne; I put them on the gridiron, turned them with a fork, and took them off, under Mr. Micawber's direction; and Mrs. Micawber heated, and continually stirred, some mushroom ketchup in a little saucepan.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)