ingredient

(ĭn-grē'dē-ənt)
n.
An element in a mixture or compound. See synonyms at element.

[Middle English, from Latin ingrediēns, ingredient-, present participle of ingredī, to enter. See ingress.]

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Any substance used in the manufacture or preparation of a foodstuff and still present in the finished product, even if in an altered form. Contaminants and adulterants are not considered to be ingredients.

noun

One of the individual entities contributing to a whole: building block, component, constituent, element, factor, integrant, part. See part/whole.

n

Definition: component of concoction
Antonyms: whole

An item for use in a food or flavor product.

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Common misspelling(s) of ingredients

• ingreediants

Dansk (Danish)
n. - ingrediens, bestanddel

Nederlands (Dutch)
ingrediënt

Français (French)
n. - (Culin) ingrédient, (fig) élément

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zutat

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συστατικό, μέρος του όλου

Italiano (Italian)
ingrediente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ingrediente (m)

Русский (Russian)
составная часть

Español (Spanish)
n. - ingrediente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ingrediens, komponent, inslag

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
成分, 因素

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 成分, 因素

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 성분, 재료, 구성요소

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 成分, 原料, 構成要素

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مكون, أحد مكونات شيء ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מרכיב, יסוד‬

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