ingredient
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di noun
1.
something that enters as an element into a mixture: Flour, eggs, and sugar are the main ingredients in the cake.
2.
a constituent element of anything; component: the ingredients of political success.
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| —n | |
| a component of a mixture, compound, etc, esp in cooking | |
| [C15: from Latin ingrediēns going into, from ingredī to enter; see | |
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Ingredient
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
ingredient
c.1460, from L. ingredientem (nom. ingrediens) "that which enters into" (a compound, recipe, etc.), prp. of ingredi "go in, enter," from in- "in" + gradi "to step, go."
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Example sentences
The other essential ingredient is money to buy medicines for the world's poorest.
She realized that the standard procedure of boiling and high-temperature extraction could destroy the active ingredient.
Methanol, the main ingredient in windshield washing fluid, is extremely poisonous.
The butter sauce is the special ingredient that makes it deliciously decadent.
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