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Noun: mixture  miks-chu(r)
  1. A collection containing many different types of things
    "a great mixture of cars was on display";
    - assortment, mixed bag [informal], miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley, smörgåsbord
     
  2. (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
     
  3. Any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
    "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade";
    - concoction, intermixture
     
  4. An event that combines things in a mixture
    "a gradual mixture of cultures";
    - mix
     
  5. The act of mixing together
    "paste made by a mixture of flour and water";
    - mix, commixture, admixture, intermixture, mixing

Derived forms: mixtures

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, combination, combine, combining, compounding, food product, foodstuff, substance

Encyclopedia: Mixture