Associations to the word «Ingredient»

Wiktionary

INGREDIENT, noun. One of the substances present in a mixture.

Dictionary definition

INGREDIENT, noun. A component of a mixture or compound.
INGREDIENT, noun. 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".
INGREDIENT, noun. Food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley