While most recipes offer exact measurements of each ingredient for readers to come out with delicious results, some recipes can blindside new cooks by asking for a pinch of this or a dash of that.

A pinch is equivalent to approximately 1/16 of ... “I’ll use this most often with liquid measure, like ‘a dash of hot sauce,’ ...

The dash-to-axle ratio represents the distance between a car's front axle and its windshield base (the most forward part of its dashboard) compared to the distance between the front axle and rear axle ...