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ingredient
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in·gre·di·ent  (n-grd-nt)
n.
An element in a mixture or compound. See Synonyms at element.

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

ingredient [ɪnˈgriːdɪənt]
n
(Cookery) a component of a mixture, compound, etc., esp in cooking
[from Latin ingrediēns going into, from ingredī to enter; see ingress]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ingredientingredient - 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.ingredientingredient - 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"
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.ingredientingredient - food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad"
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

ingredient
noun component, part, element, feature, piece, unit, item, aspect, attribute, constituent The meeting had all the ingredients of high drama.
Translations
ingredient [ɪnˈgriːdɪənt] N (Culin) → ingrediente m; [of beauty product, medicine] → componente m (fig) → elemento m, factor m
it is used as an ingredient in sunscreense utiliza como componente de cremas solares con filtro
this is the key ingredient of her successéste es el factor clave de su éxito

ingredient [ɪnˈgriːdiənt] n
(for cooking)ingrédient m active ingredient
(fig)ingrédient m
That is one of the major ingredients in his success → C'est l'un des principaux ingrédients de son succès.
The book had all the ingredients of a good detective story → Le livre avait tous les ingrédients d'un bon roman policier.
in-group [ˈɪngruːp] ncercle m fermé

ingredient
nBestandteil m, → Ingredienz f (spec); (for recipe) → Zutat f; all the ingredients for successalles, was man zum Erfolg braucht; the ingredients of a man’s characteralles, was den Charakter eines Menschen ausmacht

ingredient [ɪnˈgriːdɪənt] n (Culin) → ingrediente m (fig) → fattore m, elemento
ingredient [ɪnˈgriːdɪənt] n (Culin) → ingrediente m (fig) → fattore m, elemento

ingredient
n ingredient [inˈgriːdiənt]
one of the things that go into a mixture Could you give me a list of the ingredients of the cake? bestanddeel عُنْصُر، مُقَوِّم ، مُرَكِّب съставка složka, součást ingrediens; bestanddel die Zutat συστατικό, υλικό ingrediente koostisosa جز ترکیبی؛ عنصر ainesosa ingrédient מַרכִּיב संघटक sastojak hozzávaló ramuan efni, efnisþáttur ingrediente 成分 성분 sudedamoji dalis (maisījuma) sastāvdaļa ramuan ingredia ant ingrediens, del składnik ingrediente ingredient ингредиент prísada sestavina sastojak ingrediens ส่วนผสม harç, malzeme 成份 складова частина, інгредієнт کسی مرکب یا نسخے وغیرہ کا جزو thành phần

ingredient مُكَوّن ingredience ingrediens Zutat συστατικό ingrediente valmistusaine ingrédient sastojak ingrediente 材料 성분 ingrediënt ingrediens składnik ingrediente ингредиент ingrediens ส่วนผสม malzeme thành phần 成分


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