basic ingredient

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• basic ingredient — index necessity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• ingredient — noun 1 thing from which sth is made ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, good, high quality, quality ▪ It always pays to use the best ingredients when cooking. ▪ main, major …   Collocations dictionary

• basic — /bay sik/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or forming a base; fundamental: a basic principle; the basic ingredient. 2. Chem. a. pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing a base. b. not having all of the hydroxyls of the base replaced by the acid… …   Universalium

• basic — ba|sic [ beısık ] adjective *** 1. ) forming the main or most important part of something, without which it cannot really exist: The basic ingredient of this meal is rice. We have the basic framework for an agreement. basic to: Honesty and trust… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• basic */*/*/ — UK [ˈbeɪsɪk] / US adjective 1) forming the main or most important part of something, without which it cannot really exist Rice is the basic ingredient of the dish. We have the basic framework for an agreement. basic to: Honesty and trust are… …   English dictionary

• basic — /ˈbeɪsɪk/ (say baysik), Chiefly US /ˈbæsɪk/ (say basik) adjective 1. of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental: a basic principle; a basic ingredient. 2. (of manufactured commodities) equipped with essential components, without optional… …  

• basic*/*/*/ — [ˈbeɪsɪk] adj 1) forming the main or most important part or aspect of something Rice is the basic ingredient of the dish.[/ex] First you need to understand the basic principles of computers.[/ex] 2) simple, with nothing special or extra The state …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• basic — 1. noun a) A necessary commodity, a staple requirement. Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers. b) An elementary building block, e.g. a …   Wiktionary

• ingredient — UK US /ɪnˈgriːdiənt/ noun [C] ► one of the parts of something that is needed in order for a particular job, business, etc. to succeed: basic/key/main ingredient »Policymakers see capital investment as a key ingredient in an economic recovery.… …   Financial and business terms

• basic dye — noun a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion • Syn: ↑basic color, ↑basic colour • Hypernyms: ↑dye, ↑dyestuff * * * noun or basic color …   Useful english dictionary

• basic — ba•sic [[t]ˈbeɪ sɪk[/t]] adj. 1) of or forming a base or basis; essential; fundamental: a basic principle[/ex] 2) chem. a) pertaining to a chemical base b) not having all of the hydroxyls of the base replaced by the acid group c) alkaline 3) gel… …   From formal English to slang