condiment

Everyday

A condiment is a sauce, spice or other thing such as salt, pepper, ketchup, mustard or vinegar that you add to food to give it more flavour. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and cooking lessons, condiments sit on the table at restaurants and cafés. In maths problems they may be counted or priced. In science lessons on taste, condiments add salty, sour or spicy flavours.

Examples

• Ketchup is my favourite condiment. tree →
• The condiments are on the counter. tree →
• Salt and pepper are the most common condiments. tree →
• Mustard is a hot condiment. tree →
• The café has sachets of condiments. tree →
• Please pass the condiments. tree →

Note

Countable: «a condiment», «condiments». Not the same as an ingredient, which goes into the food while cooking.