ingredient

in·gre·di·ent

I0140200 (ĭn-grē′dē-ənt)n.1. An edible substance that is used in making a dish or other food.2. An element or component of something: the ingredients in shampoo; the ingredients that made the scandal. See Synonyms at element.

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

ingredient

(ɪnˈɡriːdɪənt) n (Cookery) a component of a mixture, compound, etc, esp in cooking[C15: from Latin ingrediēns going into, from ingredī to enter; see ingress]

in•gre•di•ent

(ɪnˈgri di ənt)

n. 1. something that enters as an element into a mixture: the ingredients of a cake. 2. a constituent element of anything: the ingredients of political success. [1425–75; late Middle English < Latin ingredī to go or step into, commence =in- in-² + gradī to go, step] syn: See element.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ingredient - a component of a mixture or compoundadmixture, 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, constituentbe 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 storypoint - 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"fixingsdish - 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 foodflavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning, seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it impartstomato paste - thick concentrated tomato pureeegg 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 albumenmalted 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.

ingredient

nounOne of the individual entities contributing to a whole:building block, component, constituent, element, factor, integrant, part.

Translations

成分配料原料

ingredient

(inˈgriːdiənt) noun one of the things that go into a mixture. Could you give me a list of the ingredients of the cake? 成份 成分，原料，配料

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