Ingredient

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈɡɹiːdiÉ™nt/

Origin

From Middle French ingredient, from Latin ingrediens, present participle of ingredior ("I go or enter into or onto").

Full definition of ingredient

Noun

1. One of the substances present in a mixture.
• Sir Isaac NewtonBy way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients.
• ArbuthnotWater is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.

Holonyms

• mixture

Related terms

• ingress