noun
mixture
MIHKST-shuh
noun
1
Something made by combining two or more different substances or elements.
"Add the wet ingredients to the dry mixture and stir."
"The garden was a mixture of vegetables and flowers."
2
A medicinal liquid made by suspending a solid in a solution.
"The pharmacist gave her a cough mixture for the night."
How to Use Mixture
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA blend of different things combined together, whether ingredients, feelings, or substances.
Common pairings
a mixture of
cough mixture
cake mixture
Word Forms
mixtures plural
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Etymology
From Old French "misture," from Latin "mixtura," meaning "a mixing" — from the verb "miscere," "to mix."