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batch |
A batch is an amount of something that is produced in one completed process. For example, a recipe for cookies might make twenty cookies. This means that twenty cookies is the size of one batch of those cookies. If you make another batch of cookies with that recipe, you'll bake forty cookies all together. |
call for |
If a thing calls for something, it requires it or demands it. If a recipe calls for three eggs, it means you have to put three eggs into what you are making if you want it to be right. [1/2 definitions] |
formula |
a list of ingredients or steps; recipe. [1/5 definitions] |
recipe |
A recipe is something that tells you how to make some kind of food. It gives you a list of things you need, and it tells you how to put them together. It also tells you how long to cook or bake something. |
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