ketch·up in AM, also use catsup Ketchup is a thick, cold sauce, usually made from tomatoes, that is sold in bottles. a thick cold red sauce made from tomatoes that you put on food (kechap )
A thick, sweet sauce made with tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, salt and spices Also known as catsup and catchup Ketchup is said to be derived from ke-tsiap -- a spicy pickled-fish condiment popular in China
The sea of tomato-based goop kids use to drown the dish that Mom spent hours cooking and years perfecting to get the seasoning just right