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ingredient
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ingredient has 3 senses
- ingredient(n = noun.artifact) Array - a component of a mixture or compound; Array has particulars: admixture, intermixture, base
- ingredient(n = noun.cognition) component, constituent, element, factor - an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" has particulars: be-all and end-all, be all and end all, plot element, point
- ingredient(n = noun.food) fixings - food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad" is a part of dish
is a kind of component, constituent, element
is a kind of division, part, section
is a kind of food product, foodstuff
has particulars: flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning, tomato paste, albumen, egg white, ovalbumin, white, egg yolk, yolk, malted milk
CIDE DICTIONARY
ingredient, n. [F. ingrédient, L. ingrediens, -entis, entering into, p. pr. of ingredi, p. p. ingressus, to go into, to enter; pref. in- in + gradi to walk, go. See Grade.].
That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination, recipe, or mixture; an element; a constituent. [1913 Webster]
"By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients."
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"Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids."
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ingredient, a.
Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part. [1913 Webster]
"Acts where no sin is ingredient."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
ingredient, n. a component part or element in a recipe, mixture, or combination.
Etymology
ME f. L ingredi ingress- enter (as IN-(2), gradi step)
THESAURUS
ingredient
adjunct, appurtenance, aspect, census, circumstance, component, composition, constituent, constituents, content, contents, detail, divisions, element, elements, factor, feature, fixings, guts, index, ingredients, innards, insides, integrant, inventory, item, items, list, makings, part, part and parcel, parts, specialty, wholeROGET THESAURUS
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Component
N component, component part, integral part, integrant part, element, constituent, ingredient, leaven, part and parcel, contents, appurtenance, feature, member, personnel, forming, inclusive.
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