recipe

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And do try these, as the recipe is a little different than the usual.

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  1. noun A set of directions with a list of ingredients for making or preparing something, especially food.
  2. noun A formula for or means to a desired end: a recipe for success.
  3. noun A medical prescription.

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  • And do try these, as the recipe is a little different than the usual. —  Cookie Madness
  • This recipe is a much richer variation, intensifying and featuring the tomatoes through slow roasting. —  ma'ona
  • This recipe is a perfect use for culinary lavender, resulting in elegant cookies that are timeless in their appeal. —  ma'ona
  • This recipe was adapted from Cook's Country by the editors of America's Test Kitchen. —  battlecreekenquirer.com -
  • For us, the clincher to this recipe is the three different types of chocolate. —  The Kitchn
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  1. Latin, sing. imperative of recipere, to take, receive; see receive.

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  1. Latin, imperative of recipere, take: see receive.
  2. =Old French recipe, French récipé =Spanish récipe =Portuguese Italian recipe, a recipe, from Latin recipe, take, used as the first word in a prescription, and hence taken as a name for it: see recipe, v.
 

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/ˈrɛsɪpi/
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