makings

About 0.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun plural of making
2. noun That which is needed for something: necessary ingredients.

   I have bread, mayonnaise, mustard, turkey, and lettuce: all the makings of a sandwich as far as I'm concerned.

Similar words

fashioning devising potential elements essential necessaries requisite the thing wherewithal active material

Often followed by

of for and in to are from were on

Word family

making