Ingredient Definition

ĭn-grēdē-ənt
ingredients
noun
ingredients
An edible substance that is used in making a dish or other food.
American Heritage
Any of the things that a mixture is made of.
Webster's New World
A component part, or constituent, of anything.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Ingredient

Noun

Singular:
ingredient
Plural:
ingredients

Origin of Ingredient

  • Middle English from Latin ingrediēns ingredient- present participle of ingredī to enter ingress

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French ingredient, from Latin ingrediens, present participle of ingredior (“I go or enter into or onto”).

    From Wiktionary

Ingredient Sentence Examples

  • In Europe the seeds are used as an ingredient in soups.

  • The soils of Florida have sand as a common ingredient.'

  • Now nearly all rivers contain some small percentage of salt, which forms a distinct ingredient in alluvial plains.

  • Linseed oil is also the principal ingredient in printing and lithographic inks.

  • The ability to instantly and, for a very low cost, reliably transfer money to anyone on the planet is a key ingredient in increasing the amount of trade that occurs online.

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Words Starting With

IINING

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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