toqus
Dictionary
English
한국어
Register
Login
🔍
recipe
noun
a
set
of
written
or
spoken
instructions
that
tells
you
how
to
prepare
and
cook
a
particular
dish
•
My
grandmother's
recipe
for
apple
pie
uses
plenty
of
cinnamon
.
My
grandmother's
recipe
for
apple
pie
uses
plenty
of
cinnamon
.
•
Before
the
party
,
Liam
printed
a
new
pasta
recipe
he
found
online
.
Before
the
party
,
Liam
printed
a
new
pasta
recipe
he
found
online
.
Borrowed
in
the
14th
century
from
Latin
recipere
‘
to
receive
,
take
’,
originally
an
instruction
to
pharmacists
.
Over
time
it
came
to
mean
a
list
of
ingredients
and
steps
for
cooking
.
noun
a
plan
,
situation
,
or
set
of
conditions
that
is
very
likely
to
produce
a
particular
,
often
negative
,
result
•
Ignoring
small
problems
is
a
recipe for disaster
.
Ignoring
small
problems
is
a
recipe for disaster
.
•
A
lack
of
sleep
is
a
recipe for poor concentration
at
school
.
A
lack
of
sleep
is
a
recipe for poor concentration
at
school
.
The
figurative
sense
arose
in
the
early
19th
century
,
extending
the
cooking
idea
of
combining
ingredients
to
situations
that
combine
factors
leading
to
certain
outcomes
.
