ingredients

n. component, element; one of the substances which comprises a mixture

This article is about ingredients in general. There is also an American soul and R&B group called The Main Ingredient. An ingredient is something that forms part of a mixture (in a general sense). For example, in cooking, recipes specify which ingredients are used to prepare a specific dish. Many commercial products contain a secret ingredient that is purported to make them better than competing products. In the pharmaceutical industry, an active ingredient is that part of a formulation that yields the effect required by the customer.
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Noun
1. a component of a mixture or compound
(hypernym) component, constituent, element
(hyponym) admixture, intermixture
2. an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
(synonym) component, constituent, element, factor
(hypernym) part, section, division
(hyponym) point
3. food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad"
(synonym) fixings
(hypernym) foodstuff, food product
(hyponym) flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
(part-holonym) dish

n. ingredient

INGREDIENTI. ELEMENTI. COMPONENTI