About The Word Ingredient
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Ingredient
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What's The Definition Of Ingredient?
[n] a component of a mixture or compound
[n] food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad" Synonyms | Synonyms for Ingredient: component | constituent | element | factor | fixings Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | whole See Also | admixture | albumen | base | be all and end all | be-all and end-all | component | constituent | dish | division | egg white | egg yolk | element | flavorer | flavoring | flavourer | flavouring | food product | foodstuff | intermixture | malted milk | ovalbumin | part | point | seasoner | seasoning | section | tomato paste Ingredient In Webster's Dictionary \In*gre"di*ent\, n. [F. ingr['e]dient, 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 or mixture; an element; a constituent.
By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to
ingredients. --Sir I.
Newton.
Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids
and solids. --Arbuthnot.
\In*gre"di*ent\, a. Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part. Acts where no sin is ingredient. --Jer. Taylor. |
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