ketch‧up /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 [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲