recipe
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recipes
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recipes
Britannica Dictionary definition of RECIPE
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a set of instructions for making food
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The recipe calls for fresh thyme.
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I didn't read the recipe carefully.
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This is one of my grandmother's recipes.
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a recipe book [=cookbook]
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a recipe for beef stew
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a way of doing something that will produce a particular result
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He says he has an infallible recipe for success.
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“She's planning to do the plumbing herself.” “That's a recipe for disaster.” [=that will result in disaster]
