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recipe

recipe

567 1.0
A set of steps and ingredients for making a dish
  • noun
  • /ˈrɛsəpi/
translation icon : receta
  • He followed the recipe exactly, measuring each ingredient carefully.
  • ingredients in the recipe
  • make a recipe
  • a recipe for disaster

We are going to have a new recipe and a new guest.

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Examples

  • All right, here is the cupcake recipe I got off the Internet.

  • I have not yet tried to make this recipe gluten free.

  • We are going to have a new recipe and a new guest.

  • But now that we have the recipe, yes, it's wonderful.

  • I would love to see how this recipe looks in real life.

  • Again, here is the recipe for this part.

  • I wanted to know if this recipe includes potatoes.

  • This is an East Indian recipe.

  • I'm very excited about this recipe.

  • Their mother reads the recipe to them as they watch and help her make playdough or cookies.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

formula
vsrecipe
65 3.7

Instructions for making something, often with a list of ingredients

is used mainly for preparing a particular dish rather than any procedure

Compounds

5 1.0

A set of cooking instructions someone likes most for a dish

A way of cooking a dish people pass down in a family or community for many years

goofproof recipe
  • Informal
2.3

A recipe that is very easy to follow so you do not make mistakes

A list of ingredients and steps that people keep secret to make a food unique

How Detailed

walkthrough
4 3.5
manual
208 2.8
cookbook
110 1.0
recipe
567 1.0
tip
445 1.0

Surface Forms

recipe singular
recipes plural

Etymology

The word recipe comes from the Latin recipere meaning 'to take', and you can see the same root in receive. Long ago doctors wrote 'recipe' as an order to 'take' a medicine, so a recipe today is a list of ingredients and steps to take when cooking.