English · Food & Drink
recipe
/ˈres.ɪ.pi/
[/ˈres.ɪ.pi/]
cooking instructions
Beginnernoun
Definition
A recipe is a set of instructions explaining how to prepare and cook a dish.
Example
She followed her grandmother's recipe exactly, hoping the cake would taste just as wonderful.
She followed her grandmother's recipe exactly, hoping the cake would taste just as wonderful.
Etymology
From Latin 'recipe' (take!), the imperative once written at the head of medical prescriptions.
How & Where It’s Used
Guides cooking step by step; figuratively, a 'recipe for disaster'.