Ingredient
[ɪn'griːdɪənt] or [ɪn'ɡridɪənt]
Definition
(noun.) a component of a mixture or compound.
(noun.) food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; 'the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad'.
Checker: Mara--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination or mixture; an element; a constituent.
(a.) Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part.
Editor: Sweeney
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Element, constituent, component, component part.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Element, ingredient, component, constituent
ANT:Non-ingredient, refuse, residuum, counteragent, incongruity
Checker: Quincy
Definition
n. that which enters into compound: a component part of anything.
Typist: Sean
Examples
- He paused, flushed by his diatribe, and fixing on her a look in which resentment was the ingredient she least disliked. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It is a purely accidental ingredient, and one not at all desirable. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He will also achieve pretty much the same stock of knowledge since that knowledge is an ingredient of his habitual pursuits. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The principal ingredient was common salt. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The other important ingredient of most fertilizers is potash. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- By a careful series of trials it was found that the essential ingredient was common salt. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Cream of tartar contains sufficient acid to act on baking soda, and is a convenient and safe ingredient for baking powder. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The silica, which is the principal ingredient of sand, as well as of nearly all the earthy minerals, is known as rock crystal in its naturally crystallized form. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Its composition is a trade secret, but its chief ingredient is rubber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Next to it come the so-called carbonates: first, sodium carbonate, which is already familiar to us as washing soda; and second, sodium bicarbonate, which is an ingredient of baking powders. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I now felt that an elderly lady was no bad ingredient in the business I had on hand. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Bicarbonate of soda is practically the sole ingredient of the soda mints popularly sold for indigestion. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Dissolve the sal soda, borax, and sal tartar in the hot water and add the other ingredients. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It seems natural to conclude from this, that water and air were ingredients in their original composition; for men cannot make new matter of any kind. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He had some experience with regard to a portion of the ingredients used, viz. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Dissolve the aniline in the alcohol and add the other ingredients. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Trifling variations in the ingredients, in the proportion and in the heating, made it either pliable as kid, tougher than ox hide, as elastic as whalebone, or as rigid as flint. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Flour, terra alba, alum, and chalk are the chief ingredients used in the adulteration of cream of tartar. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The self-raising flour, so widely advertised by grocers, is flour in which these ingredients or their equivalent have been mixed by the manufacturer. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- First mix the powders and color with carmine, and then add the other ingredients and thoroughly mix. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Sand stones have been moulded or pressed from the same ingredients, and with either smooth or undressed faces. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The fertilizer manufacturers mix the cyanamid with other ingredients to make a balanced plant food and so ship it to farmers for feeding their crops. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Wissen Sie--' The mixture was made, the newcomers were stirred into the party, like new ingredients, the whole room was alive. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And this is not an end to which studies and activities are subordinate means; it is the whole of which they are ingredients. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- As the essential ingredients of the best baking powder are baking soda and cream of tartar we need only be careful in buying of honest grocers or druggists who will guarantee their purity. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The ingredients can be dried by placing them in an oven for a short time before mixing. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Melt the petrolatum and add the tincture of cantharides, and while cooling add the other ingredients. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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