recipe
Meanings
noun
- A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions.
- 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.
- A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French récipé, from Latin recipe, second person singular imperative of Latin recipiō (“receive”).
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