condiment

«condiment» in Mova's school dictionary: a sauce, spice or other thing such as salt, pepper… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a condiment, condiments)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

sense 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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «condiment» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.