The famous panda from the cartoon understood one truth: "There is no secret ingredient!". What is an ingredient? and what do they eat it with? We will talk about this in this article. In addition, we will touch upon such issues as declension, stress and synonyms of this word.
The ingredient is ...
What does the word we study mean approximately each of us knows. It remains only to clarify its meaning.
An ingredient is an integral part of something, most often some mixture or dish. May be used in figurative meaning. For example, an ingredient of feelings, etc.
Morphological characteristics, declination
From the point of view of morphology, the “ingredient” is a common inanimate noun of the masculine gender, the second declension.
| Case | Question | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | What? | An ingredient is one of the components of a dish. | The prepared ingredients need to be mixed properly, it is better to do this with a powerful mixer. |
| Genitive | What? | I do not have this ingredient. | I have not seen such ingredients in any village store. |
| Dative | Why? | One ingredient is difficult to judge the whole dish. | The ingredients must be taken very seriously. |
| Accusative | What? | The main thing is to believe in a secret ingredient, even if it is not. | I read about these ingredients yesterday. |
| Instrumental case | Than? | The second most important ingredient in the dish is cream. | This property makes these substances very valuable ingredients. |
| Prepositional | About what? | What did you find in this weird ingredient? | Marina Vladimirovna admitted that she had never heard of such ingredients. |
Synonyms for the word "ingredient"
In Russian, almost every word has one or more synonyms.
The ingredient is:
- Part: This mixture is difficult to separate into its constituent parts.
- Component: I could cook this dish for Sunday lunch, but I’m unlikely to find all the necessary ingredients.
- Component: The constituents of this drink are kept secret.
Phrases with the noun "ingredient"
What could be the ingredient?
Secret, simple, complex, bitter, sweet, useful, poisonous, uneasy, cheap, expensive, inaccessible, affordable, excellent, identical, similar, bright, colorless, basic, additional, secondary, spoiled, fresh, stale, missing, loose, solid, liquid, milk, salty, strange, dangerous, suitable, incompatible, inappropriate, compatible, controversial, tasty, fragrant, cold, frozen.