recipe

Meaning

1. A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions.
2. Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
3. By extension, a plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription.
4. Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.
5. A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.

Synonyms

prescription

formula

receipt

🧾

order

orders

manufacturing method

cuisine

dish

dispensation

dispensing

fare

fine

food

🍽️

formulation

income

manual

method

mode

nostrum

ordinance

procedure

proceeds

receipts

reference book

return

revenue

rule

secret

㊙️

takings

textbook

📖

treatise

workmanship

medical prescription

way of making

how to grow

style of building

collection of formula

standard

batch formula

book

📖

compounding

construction

🚧

cookbook

cookery

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French récipé, from Latin recipe, second person singular imperative of Latin recipiō (“receive”). Doublet of recept and receipt.