: a seasoned pureed condiment usually made from tomatoes
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She put ketchup on her hamburger.
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Get the recipe > Pimento Cheese Burgers Skip the ketchup and mustard and slather your burger patties with pimento cheese instead.
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Saveur Editors, Saveur, 5 Feb. 2025
The ketchup and the cider vinegar offer some acidity to balance the sweetness.
—Craig Ruff, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
Stir together sauce: While chicken cooks, whisk together honey, ketchup, sugar, soy sauce, garlic, Worcestershire, vinegar, and smoked paprika in a medium bowl.
—Craig Ruff, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
During his first term, Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum exports to the U.S.
The move prompted Ottawa to announce retaliatory levies on U.S. products like beef, chocolate, ketchup and more.
—Seema Mody,ece Yildirim, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
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Saveur Editors, Saveur, 5 Feb. 2025
The ketchup and the cider vinegar offer some acidity to balance the sweetness.
—Craig Ruff, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
Stir together sauce: While chicken cooks, whisk together honey, ketchup, sugar, soy sauce, garlic, Worcestershire, vinegar, and smoked paprika in a medium bowl.
—Craig Ruff, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
During his first term, Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum exports to the U.S.
The move prompted Ottawa to announce retaliatory levies on U.S. products like beef, chocolate, ketchup and more.
—Seema Mody,ece Yildirim, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Ketchup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ketchup. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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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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