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ketchup

/ˈketʃəp/noun

उच्चारण केचप

केचप

Basic word

noun
  1. 1

    [U]

    a thick cold sauce made from tomatoes

    केचप

    • fries with ketchup
    • Please pass the ketchup.
    • The boy squeezed too much ketchup on his sandwich.
    + 1 more example
    • Tomato ketchup is made with sugar and vinegar.

    Synonyms tomato sauce catsup

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

ketchup (uncountable noun)

Ketchup is uncountable, like sauce. Use a bottle of ketchup, a sachet of ketchup or some ketchup. In American English it is also catsup.

'Ketchup' sauce की तरह uncountable है। a bottle of ketchup, a sachet of ketchup या some ketchup कहें। अमेरिकी English में इसे catsup भी कहते हैं।

  • Could you pass the ketchup, please?
  • She bought a bottle of tomato ketchup.

ketchup with / on sth

Use with for the food you eat it with and on for the food you pour it on.

जिस भोजन के साथ खाया जाए उसके लिए with और जिस पर डाला जाए उसके लिए on का प्रयोग होता है।

  • Children like ketchup with chips.
  • He put too much ketchup on his sandwich.

ketchup + noun

Ketchup before a noun names a related object, such as a ketchup bottle or a ketchup sachet.

Noun से पहले 'ketchup' उससे जुड़ी वस्तु का नाम बताता है, जैसे ketchup bottle या ketchup sachet।

  • A ketchup stain spoiled his white shirt.
  • The ketchup bottle was almost empty.

squeeze / pour / dip in ketchup

Squeeze or pour is used for a bottle or sachet, and dip into for putting food in the sauce.

Bottle या sachet के लिए squeeze या pour और खाना सॉस में डुबाने के लिए dip into का प्रयोग होता है।

  • She dipped her fries into the ketchup.
+Collocations 4

type + ketchup

tomatomushroombananachillispicysweet

  • The shop sells both tomato ketchup and chilli ketchup.

verb + ketchup

squeezepourspreadadddip intospill

  • He accidentally spilled ketchup on the tablecloth.

ketchup + noun

bottlesachetstainpacketdip

  • A small ketchup sachet came with every order.

food + ketchup

with chipson pizzaon burgerswith samosason sandwiches

  • Many Indians eat samosas with ketchup as well as with chutney.
“More examples 5
  • Ketchup is a thick cold sauce made from tomatoes, sugar and vinegar.

Ketchup टमाटर, चीनी और सिरके से बनी गाढ़ी ठंडी सॉस है।

  • Radhika put some ketchup in her lunch box with her sandwich.

राधिका ने अपने sandwich के साथ lunch box में थोड़ा ketchup रखा।

  • The mother told the child not to waste ketchup.

माँ ने बच्चे से कहा कि ketchup बर्बाद न करे।

  • The restaurant offers three kinds of dips, including ketchup and mint chutney.

रेस्तरां तीन प्रकार के dips देता है, जिनमें ketchup और पुदीने की चटनी शामिल हैं।

  • Shake the bottle well so that the ketchup comes out evenly.

बोतल को अच्छी तरह हिलाएँ ताकि ketchup समान रूप से निकले।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ Please give me a ketchup.

✓ Please give me some ketchup.

Ketchup is uncountable, so use some or a bottle of, not a.

'Ketchup' uncountable है, इसलिए some या a bottle of लगाएँ, a नहीं।

✗ The ketchups are on the table.

✓ The ketchup is on the table.

Ketchup has no plural for a single bottle.

एक बोतल के लिए 'ketchup' का plural नहीं बनता।

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

tomato sauce catsup

§Grammar and usage

Usage: in British English, ketchup is also called tomato sauce.

प्रयोग में British English में ketchup को tomato sauce भी कहते हैं।