A recipe is a list of ingredients and a set of instructions that tell you how to cook something.
...a traditional recipe for oatmeal biscuits.
...a recipe book.
2. singular noun
If you say that something is a recipe for a particular situation, you mean that it is likely to result in that situation.
Large-scale inflation is a recipe for disaster.
Synonyms: method, formula, prescription, process More Synonyms of recipe
More Synonyms of recipe
recipe in British English
(ˈrɛsɪpɪ)
noun
1.
a list of ingredients and directions for making something, esp a food preparation
2. medicine
(formerly) a medical prescription
3.
a method for achieving some desired objective
a recipe for success
Word origin
C14: from Latin, literally: take (it)! from recipere to take, receive
recipe in American English
(ˈrɛsəˌpi)
noun
1. Obsolete
prescription (sense 3)
see also Rx2
2.
a list of materials and directions for preparing a dish or drink
3.
any procedure for accomplishing something
Word origin
L, imper. of recipere: see receive
COBUILD Collocations
recipe
delicious recipe
easy recipe
favourite recipe
healthy recipe
secret recipe
simple recipe
tasty recipe
Examples of 'recipe' in a sentence
recipe
History shows pitching players into the singles without a previous outing is a recipe for disaster.
The Sun (2016)
It was a recipe for disaster.
The Sun (2016)
The book includes a recipe detailing how to make scrambled eggs properly, and macaroni cheese.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This book has 50 delicious recipes and explains the best soups to eat and when.
The Sun (2016)
That's no recipe for success.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Recipes for serious kitchen folk.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I'm just a family cook with recipes with not too many ingredients.
The Sun (2016)
Each recipe serves 1 person Just multiply the ingredients to feed more!
The Sun (2017)
That is the only recipe for sustained success.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This is a darker and more indulgent variation of my favourite basic muffin recipe.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Cheese is not usually served with this recipe.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Add an apple or two for natural sweetness to any of the recipes listed below.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Try out and new foods recipes or vary ones you already know.
The Sun (2006)
You do not always need student recipe books.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There are many many recipes for this delicious sticky drink.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Your new book is recipes that you cook at home.
The Sun (2015)
Why do some recipes tell you to toast walnuts?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Try these spicy but simple recipes which will make any meal in the sun one to remember.
The Sun (2011)
Visit the service wing and stables and collect seasonal recipes in the kitchens.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
That puts you under maximum pressure and is a recipe for disaster.
The Sun (2012)
My recipe for success is hard work.
The Sun (2007)
These noodles are one of my favourite family recipes.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
All the recipes serve six to eight people.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Who else would publish a recipe book that actually despises food?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Now they have released a book of delicious recipes for pies of all seasons.
The Sun (2011)
Some recipes tell you to do this overnight.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This book is all about simple recipes that do not require lengthy preparation.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is amazing how much easier it is to cook and follow recipes when your kitchen cupboard is fully stocked.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Give three cooks a recipe with the same ingredients to make it and you will end upwith three quite different dishes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There's no need to write out a laborious ingredients list for this recipe.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The more you think about recipes using raw food, the more enticing they seem.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
All in all, this is an odd confection, as if made from the ingredients from one recipe and the method of another.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Quotations
All recipes are built on the belief that somewhere at the beginning of the chain there is a cook who does not use themJohn Thorne`Cuisine Mécanique'
In other languages
recipe
British English: recipe /ˈrɛsɪpɪ/ NOUN
A recipe is a list of ingredients and a set of instructions that tell you how to cook something.
...a recipe for chocolate cake.
American English: recipe
Arabic: وَصْفَةٌ لِتَحْضِيرِ طَعَام
Brazilian Portuguese: receita
Chinese: 烹饪法
Croatian: recept
Czech: recept kuchařský
Danish: opskrift
Dutch: recept keuken
European Spanish: receta culinaria
Finnish: ruokaresepti
French: recette culinaire
German: Rezept
Greek: συνταγή μαγειρική
Italian: ricetta
Japanese: 調理法
Korean: 요리법
Norwegian: oppskrift
Polish: przepis
European Portuguese: receita
Romanian: rețetă
Russian: рецепт
Latin American Spanish: receta modo de hacer algo
Swedish: recept matlagning
Thai: ตำรากับข้าว
Turkish: tarif
Ukrainian: рецепт
Vietnamese: công thức nấu ăn
All related terms of 'recipe'
easy recipe
A recipe is a list of ingredients and a set of instructions that tell you how to cook something.
recipe book
a book containing lists of ingredients and directions for making different food dishes
secret recipe
A recipe is a list of ingredients and a set of instructions that tell you how to cook something.
simple recipe
A recipe is a list of ingredients and a set of instructions that tell you how to cook something.
tasty recipe
A recipe is a list of ingredients and a set of instructions that tell you how to cook something.
healthy recipe
A recipe is a list of ingredients and a set of instructions that tell you how to cook something.
delicious recipe
A recipe is a list of ingredients and a set of instructions that tell you how to cook something.
favourite recipe
A recipe is a list of ingredients and a set of instructions that tell you how to cook something.
a recipe for disaster
If you say that something is a recipe for disaster , you mean that it is very likely to have unpleasant consequences .
Chinese translation of 'recipe'
recipe
(ˈrɛsɪpɪ) (Culin)
n(c)
食谱(譜) (shípǔ) (个(個), gè)
a recipe for disaster/success造成灾(災)难(難)的因素/成功的秘(祕)诀(訣) (zàochéng zāinàn de yīnsù/chénggōng de mìjué)
(noun)
Definition
a list of ingredients and directions for making a particular dish
I can give you the recipe for these biscuits.
Synonyms
directions
instructions
ingredients
receipt (obsolete)
phrasal verb
See a recipe for something
Quotation
All recipes are built on the belief that somewhere at the beginning of the chain there is a cook who does not use them [John Thorne – `Cuisine Mécanique']