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ingredients

ingredients is the plural of ingredient.

Meaning of ingredient

Noun

ingredient (plural ingredients)

  1. One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
    • Holonyms: mixture; whole
  2. (figuratively) A necessary element to achieve a certain goal; a component.
    • Holonym: end result

Phrases with ingredients

Questions about ingredients

What is ingredients the plural of?
Ingredients is the plural of ingredient.

Words near ingredients in the dictionary

  1. ingredience
  2. ingrediency
  3. ingredient
  4. ingredient deck
  5. ingredient decks
  6. ingredients
  7. Ingresian
  8. ingress
  9. ingress, egress, and regress
  10. ingressed
  11. ingresses

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