Food / B1

in-GREED-ee-uh-nt/ɪnˈɡriːdiənt/

An ingredient is one food in a recipe, or one part of a plan: list the ingredients; a key ingredient. Component is a more technical twin; factor is more abstract. Allergen labelling: every ingredient on the canteen menu.

Meaning

One of the foods in a recipe; also one part of a plan or mix.

Examples

• “List every ingredient, including allergens, on the canteen menu.”
• “Trust was a missing ingredient in the talks, which is the “part of a mix” sense.”

Good to know

an ingredient of; key ingredients. Technical: a component. Abstract: a factor. Food standards / allergens. Countable items.

Near in meaning

component

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