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ketchup

noun
🔊/ˈketʃəp/
🔊/ˈketʃəp/
(also tomato ketchup)
(US English also catsup)
[uncountable]
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  1. a thick cold sauce made from tomatoes, usually sold in bottles番茄酱Topics Foodb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryKetchup is used before these nouns:
    • packet
    Ketchup is used after these nouns:
    • tomato
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    Word Originlate 17th cent.: perhaps from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) k'ē chap ‘tomato juice’.