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Noun: admixture  ad'mikschu(r)
  1. The state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
    - alloy
     
  2. An additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base
    "the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure"
    - intermixture
     
  3. The act of mixing together
    - mix, commixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing

Derived forms: admixtures

See also: admix

Type of: combination, combining, compounding, impureness, impurity, ingredient

Encyclopedia: Admixture