ingredient B1 Topic:Cooking & Baking US /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/ See IPA manual Freq #10467 Meanings 1 noun One of the foods or substances you combine to make a dish. The recipe needs just five simple ingredients. 2 noun One of the things needed to make something succeed or happen. Hard work is a key ingredient of success. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · one of the foods or... componentconstituentfixings 2 noun · one of the things needed to... component Word family Forms ingredients Derived forms bioingredientmicroingredient Related forms foodstuffingress Appears in Phrases (1) See all active ingredient the component of a product that produces its intended effect Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle French ingredient, from Latin ingrediens, present participle of ingredior (“to go or enter into or onto”). Topics Cooking & Baking Food & Drink External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # ingredient **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/ **Frequency rank:** 10467 ## Meanings 1. One of the foods or substances you combine to make a dish. 2. One of the things needed to make something succeed or happen. ## Examples - The recipe needs just five simple ingredients. - Hard work is a key ingredient of success. ## Derived Forms - bioingredient - microingredient ## Related Forms - foodstuff - ingress ## Etymology From Middle French ingredient, from Latin ingrediens, present participle of ingredior (“to go or enter into or onto”). ## AI Etymology Ingredient comes from Middle French ingredient, from Latin ingrediens, present participle of ingredior (“to go or enter into or onto”). ## Topics - Cooking & Baking - Food & Drink markdown