KETCHUP


Meaning of KETCHUP in English

( also BrE tomato sauce , tomato ketchup, esp AmE old-fash catsup ) n [ U ]

a thick red sauce made with tomatoes, used cold to flavour food. People sometimes use the word in a humorous way to refer to artificial blood in films, etc.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.