recipe, formula
(noun) directions for making something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
recipe (plural recipes)
(medicine, archaic) A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions. [from 16th c.]
Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients. [from 17th c.]
By extension, a plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription. [from 17th c.]
Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes. [from 18th c.]
A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.
• Peirce, Pierce, piecer, pierce
Source: Wiktionary
Rec"i*pe, n.; pl. Recipes. Etym: [L., imperative of recipere to take back, take in, receive. See Receive.]
Definition: A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
