recipe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun directions for making something
    formula.

WordNet

Rec"i*pe noun
Etymology
L., imperative of recipere to take back, take in, receive. See Receive.
Wordforms
plural Recipes
Definitions
  1. A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine. now esp. a prescription (set of directions) for preparing food

Webster 1913