Ingredient

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to
           ingredients.                             --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
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           Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids
           and solids.                              --Arbuthnot.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ingredient \In*gre"di*ent\, a.
     Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part.
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           Acts where no sin is ingredient.         --Jer. Taylor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ingredient
       n 1: a component of a mixture or compound
       2: 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" [syn: {component}, {constituent},
           {element}, {factor}]
       3: food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the
          recipe lists all the fixings for a salad" [syn: {fixings}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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