ingredientin‧gre‧di‧ent /ɪnˈɡriːdiənt/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl. The food is home-cooked using fresh ingredients.2a quality you need to achieve something: John has all the ingredients of a great player. Investment in new product development is an essential ingredient of corporate success.3active ingredient the substance in a product such as a medicine that causes the product’s intended result: Acetic acid is the chief active ingredient in vinegar.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesfresh· All the ingredients we use are fresh, and bought locally.natural· We use only natural ingredients in our products.artificial· Nowadays much of what we eat contains artificial ingredients.the main ingredient· The main ingredient of the sauce is tomatoes.a basic ingredient (=an important ingredient)· This mixture of spices is a basic ingredient of the curry sauce.the remaining ingredients (=the ingredients that are added later when you are preparing a dish)· Add all of the remaining ingredients and mix well.verbsuse ingredients· Many recipes in this book use Chinese ingredients.combine the ingredients (=mix them together)· Combine all the ingredients to form a smooth dough.add ingredients· Add the other ingredients and stir thoroughly.stir in/mix in ingredients (=add them by stirring or mixing)· Heat the sauce gently, then stir in the remaining ingredients.phrasesa list of ingredients· You should check the list of ingredients on fruit juice cartons.
WORD ORIGINingredient
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin present participle of ingredi, from gradi ‘to go’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a list of ingredients
- Coconut is a basic ingredient for many curries and other Asian dishes.
- The main ingredient was spicy ground pork.
- The main ingredients can be prepared and frozen in advance.
- Weigh all the ingredients before you start.
Longman Language Activatora part of an object/substance/area
· When you have filled in the form, keep the top part and send the other part to the bank.· All our replacement parts are guaranteed, if you have your car serviced with us each year.part of · What part of Russia are you from?· This is the widest part of the river.· Malaria is still common in many parts of Africa.
especially British, spoken a small part of an object or area: · 'Would you like a slice of cake?' 'I'll just have a little bit, please.'bit of: · the bit of the garden where the fruit trees are· I found some bits of glass in my sandwich.
one of several different parts that must be joined together to make something: · a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzlein pieces (=as separate pieces): · The equipment had to be taken apart and transported in pieces.
one of the separate parts of a machine or a system, that is necessary to make the machine or system work: · The factory makes aircraft engine components.· All the components should be tested before they are assembled.component of: · Gaining confidence is a major component of developing leadership skills.
one of the types of food that are used to make a dish or a meal: · Weigh all the ingredients before you start.· a list of ingredients· The main ingredients can be prepared and frozen in advance.ingredient for: · Coconut is a basic ingredient for many curries and other Asian dishes.
formal one of the chemical substances that something is made of: · Scientists have to break the compound down into its constituents in order to analyze it.constituent of: · Magnesium and sodium are the main constituents of salt.
a part of something larger, especially a part that is different from the other parts - used especially in a technical context: · Fuel is carried in the lower portion of the rocket.portion of: · Surgeons have had to remove portions of his stomach and intestine.· The research suggests we only use a small portion of our brains at any one time.
a part of something that is clearly different and separate from the other parts: section of: · The final section of this chapter will deal with recent developments.· First class seats are in the front section of the plane.· The disease spread through the poorer sections of the city.
a part of something such as a fruit, insect etc that is naturally divided, or a part of something that has been divided into separate, roughly equal parts: · Decorate the cake with orange segments.· An ant's body is divided into three distinct segments.segment of: · Each sales team targets its efforts at a particular segment of the general population.
WORD SETSallspice, nounbake, verbbarbecue, verbbaste, verbblanch, verbboil, verbbottle, verbbouillon cube, nounbraise, verbbreadcrumbs, nounbreaded, adjectivebrine, nounbroil, verbbrown, verbbutter, verbcandied, adjectivecaper, nouncaramel, nouncardamom, nouncarve, verbcasserole, nouncasserole, verbcaster sugar, nouncharbroil, verbchervil, nounchestnut, nounchicory, nounchill, verbchilli powder, nounchip, verbcilantro, nouncinnamon, nounclean, verbclove, nouncochineal, nouncoconut, nouncook, verbcook, nouncookbook, nouncookery, nouncookery book, nouncordon bleu, adjectivecore, verbcoriander, nouncream, verbcrisp, verbcube, verbculinary, adjectivecumin, nouncurry powder, noundeep fry, verbdessertspoon, noundevilled, adjectivedice, verbdone, adjectivedress, verbessence, nounfat, nounflambé, adjectiveflan, nounflavouring, nounflour, nounflour, verbfrost, verbfrosting, nounfry, verbglaze, verbglaze, noungourmet, adjectivegourmet, noungrate, verbgrease, noungrease, verbgreaseproof paper, noungrill, verbgrill, noungrind, verbgut, verbhard-boiled, adjectivehaute cuisine, nounhob, nounhull, verbhusk, verbice, verbicebox, nounicing, nounicing sugar, nouningredient, nounjoint, verbknead, verblard, nounlard, verbleaven, nounliquidize, verbmarinade, nounmarinate, verbmarjoram, nounmicrowave, verbmince, verbmincer, nounmint, nounmix, verbmix, nounnouvelle cuisine, nounnutmeg, nounoil, nounolive oil, nounoverdone, adjectiveparboil, verbpare, verbpickle, verbpipe, verbpit, verbpitted, adjectivepkt, pluck, verbplum tomato, nounpoach, verbprecooked, adjectivepreheat, verbprep, verbprove, verbrecipe, nounreduce, verbrice paper, nounrind, nounrise, verbroast, verbroast, nounroast, adjectiverosemary, nounroux, nounsaffron, nounsage, nounsalt, nounsalt, verbsauce, nounsausage meat, nounsauté, verbsavory, nounscalloped, adjectivesear, verbseason, verbseasoning, nounself-raising flour, nounself-rising flour, nounsesame, nounshell, verbshortening, nounshort-order cook, nounshuck, verbsieve, verbsift, verbsifter, nounsimmer, verbsimmer, nounskewer, verbsmoke, verbsoak, verbsoda, nounsodium bicarbonate, nounspice, nounspice, verbspicy, adjectivestarch, nounsteam, verbsteep, verbstew, verbstock, nounstone, verbstrain, verbstuff, verbstuffing, nounsunny-side up, adjectivesweat, verbsweet-and-sour, adjectiveTabasco, nountandoori, adjectivetarragon, nountbsp, teaspoon, nountenderize, verbtenderloin, nountextured vegetable protein, nounthaw, verbthyme, nountimer, nountoast, nountoast, verbtoss, verbtruss, verbtsp, turmeric, noununderdone, adjectivevinaigrette, nounvinegar, nounwhip, verbwhisk, verbyeast, nounzap, verbzest, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives Warhol used everyday items as the raw ingredients of his art. The cookies are made to a secret recipe.
· All the ingredients we use are fresh, and bought locally.
· We use only natural ingredients in our products.
· Nowadays much of what we eat contains artificial ingredients.
· The main ingredient of the sauce is tomatoes.
(=an important ingredient)· This mixture of spices is a basic ingredient of the curry sauce.
(=the ingredients that are added later when you are preparing a dish)· Add all of the remaining ingredients and mix well.
verbs· Many recipes in this book use Chinese ingredients.
(=mix them together)· Combine all the ingredients to form a smooth dough.
· Add the other ingredients and stir thoroughly.
(=add them by stirring or mixing)· Heat the sauce gently, then stir in the remaining ingredients.
phrases· You should check the list of ingredients on fruit juice cartons.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· The ability to adapt is a basic ingredient of survival.
(=the things in a recipe that are not liquid)· Add the eggs and milk to the dry ingredients.
· Most people believe that love is an essential ingredient in a marriage.
Warhol used everyday items as the raw ingredients of his art. The cookies are made to a secret recipe.· Involving teachers in making decisions is a vital ingredient in raising morale.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Orthokeraten, the active ingredient of Icône, works to boost the process by which the epidermis renews itself every 28 days.· By using bromocriptine, the company did not have to develop its own similar active ingredient for Ergoset.· The active ingredient checks the growth of bacteria and so helps natural healing.· This is why caffeine is the active ingredient in many prescription and nonprescription migraine treatments.· Since 1986, 700 pesticides have been reviewed from which 350 active ingredients have been banned.· If they can t tell us that, we need at least to know the active ingredients.· In 1993, 1.1 billion pounds of active pesticide ingredients were used in the United States, and 4.5 billion pounds world-wide.· The industry surveys are based on the amounts of active ingredients made for animals by the institute's member companies.
· In our computer models in Chapter 3, we deliberately built into the computer the basic ingredients of cumulative selection.· The more service added to basic ingredients, the less are the energy and time inputs of the cook.· The simple perceptron is the basic ingredient of multi-layer perceptrons.· The basic ingredients are familiar: chicken, carrots, onions and water.· The seeds are often ground and the resulting powder is a basic ingredient of curry spice mix.· Two more basic ingredients of leadership are curiosity and daring.· This has always been one of the basic ingredients of good adult education.· In fact, that could be said of each of the basic ingredients.
· The crucial ingredient that turned his clothes into something outstandingly elegant always came from the woman wearing them.· It is the crucial ingredient in chopped liver.· And the crucial ingredient ... a bottle of sauce ... as Tony Maycock reports.· Although wine must at first have seemed of small significance, it proved to be a crucial ingredient for classical culture.· Empathy is another crucial ingredient when establishing rapport.· This facility is a crucial ingredient in the process whereby the money supply expands.· Good leadership from the headteacher has been identified by studies of school effectiveness as a crucial ingredient for success.· But none of this would have succeeded without a fourth and crucial ingredient, military superiority.
· Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and beat well.· Mix chocolate with dry ingredients, add the rum.· Pour over dry ingredients, cover and whirl in blender for about 1 minute.· Make a well in the dry ingredients and gradually add butter and sugar mixture.· Mix the wet and dry ingredients only until the flour disappears.· Add dry ingredients to persimmon mixture and mix well.· Add the rest of the dry ingredients.
· As an unhappy season has progressed, the committee agreed that coaching was the essential ingredient for lasting success.· The tasks of selecting, evaluating, rewarding, and even terminating subordinates are essential ingredients of position power.· Wait, though; didn't we encounter the same essential ingredients in the quiche?· The unions claim that contented, well-paid workers are an essential ingredient of productivity, and so they are.· Sieving is an essential ingredient in the generation of living order, but it is very far from being the whole story.· All are essential ingredients of any open society.· The catering staff are an essential ingredient of University life.· But Silber and the others have identified one essential ingredient: abhorrence for the status quo.
· An under-cook was supervising the cleaning of the stove around the cauldron and the preparation of fresh ingredients to replace those lost.· By maintaining close contact with produce companies, Fahey secures the freshest ingredients for his menu.· Meals are prepared by the chef on board using fresh ingredients which are bought daily.· Ascolese scours local farmers' markets for the freshest ingredients and settles for nothing less than the best.· The four-course evening meal is home-cooked using fresh ingredients.· People are still gathering fresh ingredients in the way they have done for years.· There is no need to build up a sauce from fresh ingredients when there is a cook-in sauce for everything.
· However, it is well known that the motivation of the person concerned is an important ingredient in successful independence.· Parsley is also the perfect herb companion for garlic, which is an important ingredient in this bread.· They will become an important ingredient of tomorrow's food.· Your attitude toward a diet is an important ingredient in the success or failure of that diet for you.· This is because as I understand it, they regard management a very important ingredient within their strategy.· Desire is the first and most important ingredient of powerful motivation, and powerful motivation is essential to success.· A rigorous Porter-style analysis seems to be a more important ingredient in the decision inputs.· On Earth, nitrogen is an important ingredient of both storable rocket fuels and oxidizers.
· In well-designed organizations, the ability to change and remain dynamic is a key ingredient of continued competitiveness.· As purpose is instilled and progress achieved, that will build pride and professionalism, which also are key ingredients of success.· At this point the strong equivalence principle supplies a key ingredient to understanding curved space-time.
· After boil-off the hopped wort is cooled and oxygenated enroute to fermenting vessel where the magic ingredient, yeast, is added.· In his view, design is ninety-eight percent commonsense and two percent a magic ingredient to do with aesthetics.· The resources include energy, enthusiasm and varying amounts of talent, but the magic ingredient is rubbish.
· I think the main ingredient for success is that you have to have a good sense of timing.· Confidence is the main missing ingredient that is preventing an upturn in the economy.· I believe its main ingredient was quinine and doubt if it can be obtained today.· The main ingredient for success, however, has been hard work and determination to complete the task.· Instead, the main ingredient of success appears to be that they have consistently geared themselves to the needs of international trade.· The judgment does not affect Pfizer's patent for sildenafil citrate, the main ingredient of the anti-impotence drug Viagra.· Were a bread-making factory to break the 50 per cent barrier, then water would be the main ingredient.· Not all are fully multimedia, although most offer at least some of the main ingredients.
· Using natural ingredients, which tend to grow on trees round here, they are both water resistant.· She will make no extravagant claims for her skin- and hair-care products, all derived from natural ingredients.· Tasty eating made from only natural ingredients, low in calories and high in protein.· It would also ban the distinction between natural and artificial ingredients.· Choose products with natural ingredients instead. the impurities frequently found in tap water.· It is based on natural ingredients like elderflower, lily and lemon balm.· Unlike cheaper gins, Gordon's uses only the finest natural ingredients and has never used essences.· Her fabulous products for face and body contain a wealth of natural ingredients and have been formulated without animal testing.
· And each work area needs careful thought to ensure that all necessary equipment and ingredients are conveniently to hand.· For us, it is a necessary ingredient, perhaps in no small measure because we are social animals.· It describes the necessary ingredients of a rich mathematical activity: It must be accessible to everyone at the start.· In the opening two games against Seattle, he was nowhere to be found as that necessary ingredient to their playoff mix.· Reasonable foreseeability is always a necessary ingredient of a negligence action as it is required to establish duty of care.· Schools, hometown, family background, and social and financial status all were considered necessary ingredients in any romantic arrangement.· Secrecy was a necessary ingredient of Rufus's life.· The one necessary ingredient in that decision was the support of Mayor Daley.
· Method: Mix the essential oil into the almond oil and stir into the other ingredients to form a paste.· Mix all the other ingredients to make a marinade and put the kebabs into the marinade for about 40 minutes.· Add all the other ingredients except for the mushrooms.· Gently stir in the other ingredients and arrange in scallop shells or on a plate.· Mix together the other ingredients and pile on to the potatoes.· The sauce is actually in the pasta, so there's no need to add other ingredients.· Add all other ingredients except the yogurt and toasted almonds.· Add all the other ingredients to the eggs and pour into the pan.
· The gas is a principal ingredient of wood.· Carbon dioxide, a principal ingredient of the exhaust gases made during combustion of hydrocarbons, has a molecular weight of 44.
· Local water and soil will affect the taste of home-grown raw ingredients.· But these raw ingredients complicated the process.
· Whisk together remaining ingredients except grapefruit slices and mint leaves.· Add all the remaining ingredients, bring to the boil and then simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes.· Add remaining ingredients and stir until the fondue thickens slightly.· Add all the remaining ingredients with sufficient wine to cover the meat.· Add all the remaining ingredients except the redcurrant jelly and sugar.· Suitable source rocks, the remaining essential ingredient for a petroleum prospect, are expected but have yet to be proved.· Stir in remaining ingredients and gently cook, stirring until sugar dissolves.· Make up Bisto with boiling water and add to peppers with remaining ingredients.
· Or, having decided on a day's menu, discovering that you don't have the right ingredients to hand?· If you start with the right ingredients.· All you seemed to need was the right ingredients and a competent chemist.· Its uplifting score, endearing characters and happy ending are all the right ingredients for a lovely night out at the cinema.· Lawrence believes his side have shown the right ingredients for promotion success in the last four games.· Noel Bridgeman's piano accordion takes over where Dooley Wilson's piano left off, and adds just the right ingredient.· Another case of a product with all the right ingredients but which lacks true soul.· It has all the right ingredients but somewhere during preparation something went wrong producing an unsatisfying dish with a bitter aftertaste.
· And what a sauce.The secret ingredient for the latest taste in cheese.· Every other layer is spinach noodles, and the secret ingredient is the fifth cheese.· He extracted their blood and their vital juices and boiled them up with mercury and potassium and other, secret ingredients.· They began to assemble a whole lot more than secret ingredients.· Meanwhile the 600 secret ingredients in cigarettes are to be published by the Health Department, writes Kevin Maguire.· There also are secret ingredients that she will not divulge.
· I would urge Reed to think again as wholesalers are a vital ingredient for effective modern bookselling.· Patience with oneself and with the learner, a sense of humor, and abundant optimism are vital ingredients.· Once those processes are specifically defined, disciplined execution is the next vital ingredient.· That vital ingredient - confidence - is still absent but it may resurface soon.· In all these respects, a product mindset provides a pivot point for other vital ingredients of success.· The vital ingredient, the ingredient of life, was missing.· A vital ingredient for exploring these five questions is imagination, and to that I now turn.
NOUN· She will be working on a wide range of projects for our expanding activities in savoury food ingredients.· Personally I want genetically engineered foods and anything containing genetically engineered food ingredients banned.· Balancing basic food ingredients Grass is not perfectly balanced for all types of horses all year round either.· Supplements therefore are designed to make up the basic food ingredients and balance them to keep the horse healthy.
VERB· Lightly fry the onions. Add all the other ingredients except for the mushrooms.· The sauce is actually in the pasta, so there's no need to add other ingredients.· The more service added to basic ingredients, the less are the energy and time inputs of the cook.· Poach gently in the water for 20 minutes. Add all other ingredients except the yogurt and toasted almonds.· Then add the remaining ingredients, cover and cook slowly until all liquid is absorbed, about 25 minutes.· Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Add all the other ingredients to the eggs and pour into the pan.· When fluffy, gradually add remaining ingredients and mix well.
· In Western-style cooking, it's up to the consumer to combine the ingredients.· Meanwhile, make sauce. Combine all ingredients, except sesame oil, in a saucepan and bring to a boil.· To make relish, combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly.· Learned how to combine the ingredients for pasta, to roll out the dough, and cut it.· Butter or spray with nonstick spray timbale molds or 3-quart baking dish. Combine all ingredients, mix gently but thoroughly.· In a small bowl, combine all ingredients for sauce and set aside.· Preheat oven to 400 F.. In a food processor or blender, combine all coating ingredients and blend until smooth.· In a small bowl, combine sauce ingredients.
· As well as Silicon and Collagen, it contains a special patented ingredient to help promote the body's own cellular regenerating activity.· Personally I want genetically engineered foods and anything containing genetically engineered food ingredients banned.· Some toothpastes are specially made to help keep your gums healthy, as they contain ingredients which fight bacteria.· She notes with an asterisk the dishes that contain highly perishable ingredients and makes those at the beginning of the week.· Conditioning Contain ingredients like keratin, panthenol and vitamins B and E which prevent lashes becoming brittle and dry.· However, they said they were not certain the drink actually contained the ingredients on the label.· After perming, a neutraliser containing conditioning ingredients is applied to smooth the surface of the hair.· These contain ingredients which suppress the problem, and no one product works for everyone.
· The food is freshly cooked using local ingredients.· When you cook with three ingredients, you have to use ingredients that have a lot of flavor.
· What animal products are used in other wines, and why are producers not obliged to list the ingredients?· Seagram reached a similar settlement with Heublein on more clearly listed ingredients in January.· Beer is classified as a food stuff and yet it is excluded from the legal requirements to list ingredients.· Each truckload of concrete arrived from the plant with a certificate listing its ingredients and proportions.· That is why we have taken the lead in the restaurant industry to voluntarily list and explain the ingredients in our food.· This is a selection of some of our favorite special ingredients, not a comprehensive listing of all ingredients.· The pink, heart-shaped pills came in foil packets that listed the ingredients.· The modern convention, when listing ingredients, is to list them in order of their abundance in the product.
· Beat eggs with yeast extract. Mix together all ingredients, including garlic.· Arrange meat in a shallow dish. Mix all remaining ingredients together in a saucepan and bring to a boil.· Make the sauce by mixing together all the ingredients.· Pick crab meat for any shells. Mix all ingredients together, except crab meat and Cheddar cheese, until smooth.· When the rice is cooked, gently mix in all other ingredients.· Some of it was mixed with other ingredients as a compost, some of it was used as pure money.· In a separate bowl, mix the liquid ingredients.
· Traditional Christmas pudding Place all the ingredients together in a large bowl and mix thoroughly.· Reserve the shells. Place the remaining ingredients in the bowl and stir to combine.· Squeeze lemon juice over. Place all these ingredients together in a bowl.· Stir well. Place ingredients in greased pie dish.
· Sprinkle the stock cube over and add the remaining ingredients.· Mix all remaining ingredients together in a saucepan and bring to a boil.· Transfer to a heavy-bottomed pot large enough to accommodate the remaining ingredients.· Return reserved onions and eggplant to pan along with all remaining ingredients.· Then add the remaining ingredients, cover and cook slowly until all liquid is absorbed, about 25 minutes.· When fluffy, gradually add remaining ingredients and mix well.· Add remaining ingredients, except olives, couscous and parsley.· Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
· Method: Mix the essential oil into the almond oil and stir into the other ingredients to form a paste.· Add eggs and vanilla and stir in other ingredients.· Gently stir in the other ingredients and arrange in scallop shells or on a plate.· In separate bowl combine bananas, milk and lemon peel; add to shortening mixture. Stir in remaining ingredients.· Whisk the egg lightly and stir into the other ingredients.· All are made by the freezing while stirring of the ingredient mix from which each is prepared.· Make topping: Cream the sugar and fat and stir in the remaining ingredients.· In a bowl, stir ingredients together.
· The food is freshly cooked using local ingredients.· Numerous recipes use more familiar ingredients, such as the summertime trio of ripe tomatoes, mozzarella and basil.· Meals are prepared by the chef on board using fresh ingredients which are bought daily.· Sushi-Cho also uses only ingredients sparkling fresh from the sea and garden.· The policy of John Bull is to make the finest confectionery in the old fashioned way, using the best ingredients.· When you cook with three ingredients, you have to use ingredients that have a lot of flavor.· The initial outlay is quite low and the information here is based on using equipment and ingredients that are freely available.· All the recipes here use just five ingredients and are ready in well under an hour.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1one of the foods that you use to make a particular food or dish: - By using bromocriptine, the company did not have to develop its own similar active ingredient for Ergoset.
- If they can t tell us that, we need at least to know the active ingredients.
- Licorice Phytosome enhances better absorption of the active ingredients and increases their effectiveness for a prolonged period of time.
- Orthokeraten, the active ingredient of Icône, works to boost the process by which the epidermis renews itself every 28 days.
- Since 1986, 700 pesticides have been reviewed from which 350 active ingredients have been banned.
- The active ingredient checks the growth of bacteria and so helps natural healing.
- The industry surveys are based on the amounts of active ingredients made for animals by the institute's member companies.
- This is why caffeine is the active ingredient in many prescription and nonprescription migraine treatments.
Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl. The food is home-cooked using fresh ingredients.2a quality you need to achieve something: John has all the ingredients of a great player. Investment in new product development is an essential ingredient of corporate success.3active ingredient the substance in a product such as a medicine that causes the product’s intended result: Acetic acid is the chief active ingredient in vinegar.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesfresh· All the ingredients we use are fresh, and bought locally.natural· We use only natural ingredients in our products.artificial· Nowadays much of what we eat contains artificial ingredients.the main ingredient· The main ingredient of the sauce is tomatoes.a basic ingredient (=an important ingredient)· This mixture of spices is a basic ingredient of the curry sauce.the remaining ingredients (=the ingredients that are added later when you are preparing a dish)· Add all of the remaining ingredients and mix well.verbsuse ingredients· Many recipes in this book use Chinese ingredients.combine the ingredients (=mix them together)· Combine all the ingredients to form a smooth dough.add ingredients· Add the other ingredients and stir thoroughly.stir in/mix in ingredients (=add them by stirring or mixing)· Heat the sauce gently, then stir in the remaining ingredients.phrasesa list of ingredients· You should check the list of ingredients on fruit juice cartons.