ingredients
in-GREE-dee-uhnts/ɪnˈɡɹidi.ənts/
- 1Plural of ingredient.
The recipe calls for just five simple ingredients.
Fresh ingredients make a noticeable difference in the final dish.
Note
Both meanings of the singular carry over into this regular plural. In the kitchen it names the substances that go into a mixture, such as the items on a recipe's list. Used figuratively, it names the elements a goal depends on, as in the ingredients of success. There it usually takes an of-phrase naming the goal, and the plural is the common choice, since such goals are rarely pictured as resting on one thing alone.
ingredients is a form of ingredient
ingredient, noun: One of the substances combined in a mixture, especially in food. Full entry
- Forms
- ingredientingredients plural
- Spelling
- ingredient → ingredients: add -s
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