recipe

Meaning

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.
  • By extension, 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.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Middle French récipé, from Latin recipe, second person singular imperative of Latin recipiō ("receive"). Compare receipt.

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