recipe
//ˈɹɛsɪpi//
Forms
- Plural
- recipes
Definitions
1.Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
2.A plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription.
- His new approach is definitely a recipe for success.
3.Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.
4.A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2418
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Synonyms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French récipé
From Latin recipe, second person singular imperative of Latin recipiō (“receive”).