ADMIXTURE

mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing

(noun) the act of mixing together; “paste made by a mix of flour and water”; “the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio”

admixture, intermixture

(noun) 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”

admixture, alloy

(noun) the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

admixture (countable and uncountable, plural admixtures)

An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.

A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.

A mixture, in some contexts

(epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.

Source: Wiktionary


Ad*mix"ture, n. Etym: [L. admiscere, admixtum, to admix; ad + miscere to mix. See Mix.]

1. The act of mixing; mixture.

2. The compound formed by mixing different substances together.

3. That which is mixed with anything.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 April 2025

WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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