ingredient

in·gre·di·ent  (n-grd-nt)

n.

An element in a mixture or compound. See Synonyms at element.

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[Middle English, from Latin ingredins, ingredient-, present participle of ingred, to enter; see ingress.]

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ingredient

Noun

a component of a mixture or compound, esp. in cooking [Latin ingrediens going into]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ingredient - a component of a mixture or compound admixture, intermixture - an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base; "the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure"; "a large intermixture of sand" base - the principal ingredient of a mixture; "glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"; "he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green"; "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base" constituent, element, component - an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"
	2.	ingredient - 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" component, element, factor, constituent be all and end all, be-all and end-all - the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim; "profit is the be-all and end-all of business" plot element - a component or element of the plot of a story point - a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates" division, section, part - one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"
	3.	ingredient - food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad" fixings dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts tomato paste - thick concentrated tomato puree egg white, ovalbumin, albumen, white - the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs" egg yolk, yolk - the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen malted milk - powder made of dried milk and malted cereals

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ingredient

noun component, part, element, feature, piece, unit, item, aspect, attribute, constituent

Translations

ingredient [ɪnˈgriːdɪənt] n → ingrediente m

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ingredient [ɪnˈgriːdɪənt] n → ingrédient m (fig); élément m

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ingredient [ɪnˈgriːdɪənt] n (of cake etc) → Zutat f;

(of situation) → Bestandteil m

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ingredient [ɪnˈgriːdɪənt] n → ingrediente m; elemento