# recipe

Pronunciation: say "RES-i-pee" /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/

## Noun

1. A set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.
   - Simple: A list of steps and ingredients that tells you how to cook a dish.
   - _The chef shared a recipe for slow-roasted lamb with the cooking class._
   - _Many family recipes are passed down through several generations._
2. A set of directions for combining ingredients into any kind of mixture, such as a soap or a dye.
   - Simple: A set of steps for mixing ingredients together to make something.
   - _The soap maker wrote down her recipe for lavender bars._
   - _He mixed the fabric dye using an old recipe of plant extracts._
3. A plan or procedure for reaching a particular result.
   - Simple: A plan or way of doing something to get a certain result.
   - _Long hours with no rest are a recipe for burnout._
   - _Cutting corners on safety was a recipe for disaster._
4. A set of conditions and parameters for an industrial process that produce a given result.
   - Simple: The exact settings and steps a factory uses to make one product.
   - _Operators selected the correct recipe for the etching process._
   - _The semiconductor line stores hundreds of process recipes._

## Noun

5. A formula for preparing or using a medicine, or the medicine prepared from the formula. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Instructions for making a medicine, or the medicine made from them.
   - _The physician's recipe called for ground willow bark steeped in warm wine._
   - _He carried the recipe to the apothecary to have it prepared at once._

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French récipé, from Latin recipe, the second person singular imperative of recipiō ("receive"). It is a doublet of recept and receipt.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/recipe (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).