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CONDIMENT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoymentplay

Example:

mustard and ketchup are condiments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("condiment" is a kind of...):

flavorer; flavoring; flavourer; flavouring; seasoner; seasoning (something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "condiment"):

wasabi (the thick green root of the wasabi plant that the Japanese use in cooking and that tastes like strong horseradish; in powder or paste form it is often eaten with raw fish)

paste; spread (a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes)

sauce (flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food)

acetum; vinegar (sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative)

soy; soy sauce (thin sauce made of fermented soy beans)

marinade (mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking)

horseradish (grated horseradish root)

duck sauce; hoisin sauce (a thick sweet and pungent Chinese condiment)

cranberry sauce (sauce made of cranberries and sugar)

mint sauce (sweetened diluted vinegar with chopped mint leaves)

salsa (spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods)

taco sauce (spicy tomato-based sauce for tacos)

steak sauce (pungent bottled sauce for steak)

chutney; Indian relish (a spicy condiment made of chopped fruits or vegetables cooked in vinegar and sugar with ginger and spices)

chili sauce (tomatoes and onions and peppers (sweet or hot) simmered with vinegar and sugar and various seasonings)

catsup; cetchup; ketchup; tomato ketchup (thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes)

mustard; table mustard (pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds)

dip (tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped)

relish (spicy or savory condiment)

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