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recipe

/ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/

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What does recipe mean?

noun

  1. Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
  2. A plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription.
  3. Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.
  2. (archaic) A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/

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Occasionally she would draw near the candle and read from a yellow paper the recipe of the mess she was concocting.
L. Frank (Lyman Frank) BaumThe Marvelous Land of OzProject Gutenberg ebook #54
She described the murder of her lover "as if she were giving her cook a household recipe for making apricot Jam."
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446
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The modern Egyptian, says Erman, uses almost precisely the same recipe, except that the snake fat is replaced by modern oil.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705
What is the recipe for preserving olives by heat, and how long do they have to remain in the heated state?
Edward J. (Edward James) WicksonOne Thousand Questions in California Agriculture AnsweredProject Gutenberg ebook #5152
There is no single recipe for making the perfect tea, as there are no rules for producing a Titian or a Sesson.
Kakuzo OkakuraThe Book of TeaProject Gutenberg ebook #769