Definitions for ketchup

ketchup ketch·up

Spelling: [kech-uh p, kach-]
IPA: /ˈkɛtʃ əp, ˈkætʃ-/

Ketchup is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in ketchup (cehkptu).

Definitions for ketchup

noun

  1. a condiment consisting of puréed tomatoes, onions, vinegar, sugar, spices, etc.
  2. any of various other condiments or sauces for meat, fish, etc.:

Origin of ketchup

1705-15; Malay kəchap fish sauce, perhaps dialectal Chinese kéjāp (Guangdong) or ke-tsiap (Xiamen), akin to Chinese qié eggplant + chī juice

Examples for ketchup

When finished, put in some mushrooms or ketchup, and serve up.

Things like ketchup have about 16 calories of added sugar per tablespoon, and it can add up.

Make the gravy of a scrag of mutton, a tea-spoonful of lemon pickle, a large spoonful of ketchup, and the same of browning.

Sally ate it with maple syrup; at home we ate the store-bought kind with ketchup.

A tablespoon of ketchup, for example, contains about a teaspoon of sugar, or about 16 calories of added sugar.

The $6 item comes with a bun and burger along with cheese, ketchup, pickles, and requires about 10 minutes of cooking time.

Or leave out the anchovies and gravy, and do it as above, either with or without salt and ketchup, as may be most approved.

Children play with forks, using the sharp tines to reduce green beans to a mush, or to turn potatoes pink with ketchup.

Prepare an additional half pint of good gravy, put into it two spoonfuls of ketchup, and rub down a tea-spoonful of flour with it.

If you have no gravy, ketchup and water is a good substitute.

Word Value for ketchup
Scrable

18

Words with friends

20

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