Key and Recipe

Key

Key noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.

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Recipe and key are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recipe" instead a noun "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

Recipe noun - The means or procedure for doing something.

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Key and recipe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Key" instead a noun "Recipe".

old	old key	old recipe
special	special key	special recipe
particular	particular key	particular recipe
normal	normal key	normal recipe
Other adjectives: specific, certain, standard, original, fake, true, proper, single, simple, actual, real, wrong, bad, secret, new, additional, legendary, literal, genetic.

Using the key will cause it to vanish, but once you have the key's recipe you can alchemize as many as needed.

Source: Interchangeable Antimatter Keys
Chekhov's Gun: The spoon Ichigo receives from the mysterious old lady during her first visit to the Sweets Kingdom turns out to be the key that opens her grandmother's recipe book.

Source: Manga / Yumeiro Pâtissière
Pinkie's sister Maud chooses and eats a rock from a basket of muffins at one point and has taught Pinkie the family's rock candy recipe - which uses rocks as the key ingredient.

Source: Eat Dirt, Cheap

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