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brownie mix

brownie mix

1 1.1
A packaged dry product with most ingredients for brownies that needs eggs and oil
  • noun
  • /ˈbraʊni mɪks/
translation icon : mezcla para brownies
  • I bought a box of brownie mix to make dessert for the party.
  • ounce package brownie mix

Examples

  • - Mr. Marlowe, did you get the brownie mix?

    The Long Goodbye (1973)

  • - I'd really like to make some brownie mix.

    The Long Goodbye (1973)

  • Could you pick me up some brownie mix?

    The Long Goodbye (1973)

  • - I'll get you some brownie mix.

    The Long Goodbye (1973)

  • A dollar for brownie mix.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • OK, so Cameron, you started selling your brownie mix when you were five years old?

  • Well, my version is the busy version, and I started with a boxed brownie mix.

    Blog text (9)

  • The clock was ticking, though, so brownie mix would have to suffice.

    Blog text (12)

  • There are many meals out there that can be prepared from mostly dried ingredients—soups, brownie mixes, and so on.

    Blog text (12)

  • She was making Symphony Brownies, which involve layering Hershey's Symphony candy bars between your brownie mix so you get this chocolaty-gooey center.

    Blog text (12)

Synonyms

mix
vsbrownie mix
73 1.4

A packet of dry ingredients you add liquid to

is the same idea but used for a specific chocolate baked dessert recipe
ready-mix
vsbrownie mix
4.9

A packet of ingredients for bread or cakes that needs only a little extra

is narrower and applies to a single chocolate baked dessert needing a few liquids

How Ready

brownie
38 1.0
batter
54 1.8
brownie mix
1 1.1

Surface Forms

brownie mix singular
brownie mixes plural

Morphology

brownie + mix

The meaning is directly compositional: 'brownie' (a small chocolate cake) combined with 'mix' (a prepared mixture) yields a prepared mixture for making brownies. This noun–noun compound follows a common product-naming pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer.

Etymology

Brownie mix comes from putting the dessert word brownie together with mix, meaning a ready box of dry ingredients. You just add eggs and oil and bake, so it now means 'a prepared mixture you bake to make brownies'.