Associations to the word «Recipe»

Wiktionary

RECIPE, noun. (medicine) (archaic) A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions. [from 16th c.]
RECIPE, noun. Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients. [from 17th c.]
RECIPE, noun. By extension, a plan or procedure to obtain a given end result. [from 17th c.]
RECIPE, noun. Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes. [from 18th c.]
RECIPE, noun. A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.
RECIPE DISH, noun. Ready meal

Dictionary definition

RECIPE, noun. Directions for making something.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King