ingredient

Noun

• food that is a component of a mixture in cooking
  • the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad
    

• an abstract part of something
  • jealousy was a component of his character
    
  • two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony
    
  • the grammatical elements of a sentence
    
  • a key factor in her success
    
  • humor: an effective ingredient of a speech
    

• a component of a mixture or compound

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fixings , component , constituent , element , factor