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admixture
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun admixture has 3 senses
- admixture(n = noun.state) alloy - the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something; Array is a kind of impureness, impurity
- admixture(n = noun.artifact) intermixture - 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"; "a large intermixture of sand" is a kind of ingredient
- admixture(n = noun.act) commixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture - the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" is a kind of combination, combining, compounding
Derived form verb admix1
Derived form verb admix1
CIDE DICTIONARY
admixture, n. [L. admiscere, admixtum, to admix; ad + miscere to mix. See Mix.].
- The act of mixing; mixture. [1913 Webster]
- The compound formed by mixing different substances together. [1913 Webster]
- That which is mixed with anything. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
admixture, n.
1 a thing added, esp. a minor ingredient.
2 the act of adding this.
1 a thing added, esp. a minor ingredient.
2 the act of adding this.
Etymology
L admixtus past part. of admiscere (as AD-, miscere mix)
THESAURUS
admixture
accretion, addition, alloy, alloyage, amalgam, amalgamation, bit, blend, blending, coalescence, combination, combo, comminglement, commingling, commixture, composite, composition, compound, concoction, confection, dash, doctor, eclecticism, ensemble, fortification, fusion, immixture, integration, interfusion, interlarding, interlardment, interminglement, intermingling, intermixture, magma, merger, mingling, mix, mix-up, mixing, mixture, paste, pluralism, shade, smack, spice, syncretism, taint, tingeROGET THESAURUS
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Mixture
N mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd.
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