Search Result for "ingredient":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1. a component of a mixture or compound;
2. an abstract part of something;
- Example: "jealousy was a component of his character"
- Example: "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"
- Example: "the grammatical elements of a sentence"
- Example: "a key factor in her success"
- Example: "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
[syn: component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient]
3. food that is a component of a mixture in cooking;
- Example: "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad"
[syn: ingredient, fixings]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ingredient \In*gre"di*ent\, n. [F. ingr['e]dient, L. ingrediens, -entis, entering into, p. pr. of ingredi, p. p. ingressus, to go into, to enter; pref. in- in + gradi to walk, go. See Grade.] That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination, recipe, or mixture; an element; a constituent. [1913 Webster] By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ingredient \In*gre"di*ent\, a. Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part. [1913 Webster] Acts where no sin is ingredient. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "ingredient": adjunct, appurtenance, aspect, census, circumstance, component, composition, constituent, constituents, content, contents, detail, divisions, element, elements, factor, feature, fixings, guts, index, ingredients, innards, insides, integrant, inventory, item, items, list, makings, part, part and parcel, parts, specialty, whole
