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recipe
/ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/
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What does recipe mean?
noun
- Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
- A plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription.
- Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.
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noun
- A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.
- (archaic) A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions.
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IPA pronunciation
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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.
She described the murder of her lover "as if she were giving her cook a household recipe for making apricot Jam."
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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.
What is the recipe for preserving olives by heat, and how long do they have to remain in the heated state?
There is no single recipe for making the perfect tea, as there are no rules for producing a Titian or a Sesson.