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mixture [ˈmɪkstʃə] n 1. the act of mixing or state of being mixed 2. something mixed; a result of mixing 3. (Chemistry) Chem a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together without any chemical bonding between them 4. (Medicine / Pharmacology) Pharmacol a liquid medicine in which an insoluble compound is suspended in the liquid 5. (Music, other) Music an organ stop that controls several ranks of pipes sounding the upper notes in a harmonic series 6. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) the mixture of petrol vapour and air in an internal-combustion engine [from Latin mixtūra, from mixtus, past participle of miscēre to mix]
Mixture (See also AMALGAMATION.) cabbages and kings Anything and everything; odds and ends; assorted and diverse topics, items, etc. The expression comes from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass (1871): “The time has come,” the Walrus said, hodgepodge A heterogeneous mixture, a jumble, a farrago, a gallimaufry, a potpourri. This term is a corruption of the earlier hotchpotch, which in turn is a corruption of hotchpot, from the French hochepot (hocher ‘to shake, to shake together’ + pot ‘pot’), a cookery term for a dish containing a mixture of many ingredients, especially a mutton and vegetable stew. Hodge-podge itself was used figuratively as early as the 15th century. They have made our English tongue a gallimaufry or hodgepodge of all other speeches. (E. K., Epistle Dedicatory and Glosses to Spenser’s Shepherds Calendar, 1579) mishmash A jumble, hodgepodge, or potpourri; a confused mess. Mash alone means ‘confused mixture,’ suggesting that mishmash may have originated as alliterative wordplay. It has also been suggested that mishmash comes from the Danish mischmasch. Still current, the term and its variants mishmosh and mishmush have been in print since the 16th century. The original Panorama had consisted of a mishmash of disconnected and frequently frivolous items. (Listener, October 30, 1975) potluck Leftovers, odds and ends; potpourri, hodgepodge; an entity of uncertain composition. This expression is derived from, and still most commonly refers to, leftover food that has been placed in a pot, usually over a period of several days, and then served as a meal at a later date. The rationale for luck is that one takes his chances, that is, does not know what food to expect, when he is invited to partake of a potluck dinner. By extension, potluck can refer to any conglomeration from which a person makes a blind or indiscriminate selection. [He] took the same kind of pot-luck company in those days when he was not so shy of London. (Madame D’Arblay, The Early Diary of Frances Burney, 1775) threads and thrums Odds and ends, scraps, fragments; a hodgepodge, a mishmash. Thrums are the unwoven portions of warp yarn which remain attached to the loom when the web is cut off, useless fragments of knotted threads. The confused and ravelled mass of threads and thrums, ycleped Memoires. (Thomas Carlyle, “Diderot,” Miscellaneous Essays, 1833) See also thread and thrum, TOTALITY. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
mixture noun 1. blend, mix, variety, fusion, assortment, combine, brew, jumble, medley, concoction, amalgam, amalgamation, mixed bag (informal), meld, potpourri, mélange (French), miscellany, conglomeration, hotchpotch, admixture, salmagundi a mixture of spiced, grilled vegetables 3. cross, combination, blend, association a mixture between Reggae Bhangra and Soul fusion 4. concoction, union, compound, blend, brew, composite, amalgam, conglomeration Prepare the mixture carefully. Translations mixture [ˈmɪkstʃəʳ] N (gen, Culin) → mezcla f (Med) → preparado m, compuesto m the mixture as before → la misma receta que antes (fig) → lo de siempre see also cough C mixture [ˈmɪkstʃər] n (COOKERY) (= combined ingredients) → mélange m mix-up [ˈmɪksʌp] n (= mistake) → erreur f due to an administrative mix-up → à la suite d'une erreur administrative mixture n → Mischung f; (Med) → Mixtur f; (Cook) → Gemisch nt; (= cake mixture, dough) → Teig m; mixture of teas → Teemischung f; mixture of gases → Gasgemisch nt; they spoke to each other in a mixture of French and English → sie haben miteinander eine Mischung aus Französisch und Englisch gesprochen; I’ve had quite a mixture of drinks tonight → ich habe heute Abend ziemlich viel durcheinandergetrunken; a mixture of comedy and tragedy → eine Mischung aus Komödie und Tragödie; fold the eggs into the cheese mixture → heben Sie die Eier ins Käsegemisch or in die Käsemischung unter mixture [ˈmɪkstʃəʳ] n → mistura, miscuglio, mescolanza (Med) → sciroppo; (blend, of tobacco) → miscela Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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