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rec·i·pe  (rs-p)
n.
1. A set of directions with a list of ingredients for making or preparing something, especially food.
2. A formula for or means to a desired end: a recipe for success.
3. A medical prescription.

[Latin, sing. imperative of recipere, to take, receive; see receive.]

recipe [ˈrɛsɪpɪ]
n
1. (Cookery) a list of ingredients and directions for making something, esp a food preparation
2. (Medicine) Med (formerly) a medical prescription
3. a method for achieving some desired objective a recipe for success
[from Latin, literally: take (it)! from recipere to take, receive]

recipe
  • German chocolate - Refers to Baker's German Sweet Chocolate, German being an employee of Baker who developed the sweet chocolate in the recipe.
  • receipt - Its first meaning was "a drug made according to a recipe" or a "recipe" for making food.
  • recipe - As a verb, it was once used at the beginning of medical prescriptions and it first (in Latin) meant "take"—we are familiar with its use by physicians in the abbreviation R or Rx.
  • tollhouse cookie - Named after the Toll House in Whitman, Massachusetts, the source of the recipe.
  • ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
    Noun1.recipe - directions for making somethingrecipe - directions for making something      
    instruction, direction - a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"

    recipe
    noun directions, instructions, ingredients, receipt (obsolete) I can give you the recipe for these biscuits
    a recipe for something method, formula, prescription, process, programme, technique, procedure, modus operandi Large-scale inflation is a recipe for disaster.
    Quotations
    "All recipes are built on the belief that somewhere at the beginning of the chain there is a cook who does not use them" [John Thorne `Cuisine Mécanique']
    Translations
    recipe [ˈresɪpɪ]
    A. Nreceta f (de cocina)
    a recipe for (also fig) → una receta para
    it's a recipe for disasteres una forma segura de buscarse problemas
    B. CPD recipe book Nlibro m de cocina, recetario m

    recipe [ˈrɛsɪpi]
    n
    (COOKERY)recette f
    a recipe for pumpkin soup → une recette de soupe au potiron
    (fig) it's a recipe for disaster → c'est la catastrophe assurée
    recipe for success → recette du succès
    If there is any recipe for success, I would say it's hard work
    BUT S'il existe un ingrédient magique pour réussir, je dirais que c'est le travail.
    to be a recipe for success → être le succès assuré
    modif
    recipe card → fiche-recette f
    recipe ideas → des idées de recettes recipe book
    recipe book nlivre m de recettes

    recipe
    nRezept nt; (fig also)Geheimnis nt; that’s a recipe for disasterdas führt mit Sicherheit in die Katastrophe; a recipe for successein Erfolgsrezept nt

    recipe [ˈrɛsɪpɪ] n (also) (fig) → ricetta

    recipe
    n recipe [ˈresəpi]
    a set of instructions on how to prepare and cook something a recipe for curry; (also adjective ) a recipe book. resep وَصْفَة طَبْخ рецепта recept opskrift; opskrift- das Rezept, Rezept... συνταγή μαγειρικής receta retsept دستور العمل غذا resepti (de) recette מַתכּוֹן नुस्खा recept recept resep uppskrift ricetta, di ricette 料理法 요리법 receptas (kulinārijas) recepte; recepšu- resipi recept (mat)oppskrift przepis receita reţetă кулинарный рецепт recept recept recept recept สูตรอาหาร yemek tarifi 食譜 рецепт کھانے پکانے کا طریقہ công thức

    recipe وصفة طهي recept opskrift Rezept συνταγή receta ruokaresepti recette recept ricetta 調理法 요리법 recept oppskrift przepis receita рецепт recept ตำรากับข้าว tarif công thức nấu ăn 烹饪法


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