mixing

Examples

• All

• Her dad enters with a mixing bowl, oblivious to the green hair and loud music.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Then you drain a can of tuna, and you dump it into a big mixing bowl.

  3 Women (1977)

• Again, the mixing part is so important.

• I need a mixing bowl.

  Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)

• You know, I mean, you could look at the mixing of musical genres like that.

• And so once again, here is my mixing medium bottle that I made.

• The epoxy offers a simple 1:1 mixing ratio by weight or volume.

  Academic text (2011)

• Eating and digestion constitute a complex mixing and reaction problem that has not been widely studied by engineers.

  Academic text (2011)

• The kitchen is piled with unwashed breakfast dishes, unrinsed pots, mixing bowls, and clogged wooden spoons.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Put the butter in a large mixing bowl and beat for several seconds.

Synonyms

C

combination of

vsmixing

356 1.8

The joining of two or more things

names the general process that creates a single combined entity

M

mix

vsmixing

276 1.0

A group of different things or people that are together

is the broader process of turning separate elements into one

M

mixture

vsmixing

58 1.2

An action that brings two or more things together

focuses on the process of creating a single entity from parts

F

fusion

vsmixing

33 4.1

A joining of two different styles into one, for example music and food

is the wider process of bringing different elements together

S

synthesis

vsmixing

• Specialized

20 6.8

Making a chemical by combining simpler substances

is the general process of joining elements beyond strict chemical production

C

compounding

vsmixing

6 5.5

Putting two or more things together to make one new thing

is the broader activity of bringing elements into a single entity

H

hybridization

vsmixing

1 5.5

Combining different things like ideas or styles to make something new

is the general joining action without implying novel species or forms

M

merging

vsmixing

1 3.0

The act of joining two or more things into one

is the general process of bringing different elements into one

B

blending

vsmixing

1 2.7

Mixing different things together until they form an even mixture

is the general act of joining elements, not necessarily thorough

C

combining

vsmixing

2.4

Joining two or more things to make one

is the general action of turning different items into a single whole

C

commixture

vsmixing

9.7

Putting different things together to make one thing

is the general activity of turning separate substances into one

I

intermixture

vsmixing

7.0

Different things joined together to make one thing

emphasizes the ongoing process of making separate elements into one

I

interfusion

vsmixing

7.5

Mixing different things together to make one whole

is the general combining action without stressing unity as result

Antonyms

I

isolation

172 3.7

A state of being alone and cut off from other people physically or emotionally

S

separation

8 3.2

The act of putting things into different groups

Compounds

M

mixing bowl

11 1.0

A large bowl for putting ingredients together when you cook or bake

R

race mixing

• Offensive

1 7.1

People of different races who have children together

M

mixing faucet

• US

3.5

A tap that joins hot and cold water into one stream at one temperature

How Mixed

homogenization

• Specialized

8 7.0

blending

1 2.7

mixing

51 1.8

stirring

1 1.0

combining

2.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology