Noun: ingredient in'gree-dee-unt
- Food that is a component of a mixture in cooking
"She gathered all the ingredients for the cake recipe";
- fixings
- A component of a mixture or compound
"Flour is a key ingredient in most bread recipes"
- An abstract part of something
"humour: an effective ingredient of a speech";
- component, constituent, element, factor
Derived forms: ingredients
Type of: component, constituent, division, element, food product, foodstuff, part, section
Part of: dish
Encyclopedia: Ingredient