recipe
Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
Noun 4 meanings
Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
A plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription.
“His new approach is definitely a recipe for success.”
Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.
A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.
“Stepper recipes.”
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French récipé, from Latin recipe, second person singular imperative of Latin recipiō (“receive”).
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RECIPE at a glance
RECIPE has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + C 3 + I 1 + P 3 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,797 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with recipe
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