mixture
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈmɪksʧər/
- Specialized
- In this recipe, you need to combine flour, sugar, and butter to create a smooth mixture.
- chemical mixture
- mixture containing
- heterogeneous mixture
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Watch on YouTubeWhen you have a light, fluffy mixture, add the flour.
- When you have a light, fluffy mixture, add the flour.
- Now gunpowder is just a mixture of these three ingredients.
- Now take your pot, the egg mixture and a whisk over to the stove.
- The the liquid is a mixture of glycol and distilled water.
Examples
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When you have a light, fluffy mixture, add the flour.
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"The guest book!" they said to each other with a strange mixture of surprise and certainty.
Fiction book (2000) -
What type of fluid mixture best describes milk?
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And now pretty gently, we're going to pour our mixture in.
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The reality of political life is always a mixture of skepticism and faith.
Academic text (2017) -
The viscous mixture can then be painted on.
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Now take your pot, the egg mixture and a whisk over to the stove.
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This material is a mixture of a silicate of calcium and magnesium.
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An additional 20 mL of chloroform was added, and the mixture was homogenized for 30 seconds.
Academic text (2015) -
The chemist analyzed the properties of the mixture to understand its behavior under different temperatures.
Synonyms
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2.3
A mixture of things or parts that form one thing
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2.3
A mix of different things, like colors or spices
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3.0
A liquid mixture where one substance is dissolved in another
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1.4
A packet of dry ingredients you add liquid to
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6.0
A food or drink made by mixing different things, often in a new way
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8.2
A mixture of different things, often very varied and unexpected
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8.1
Something added to another thing to mix with it
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6.4
A mix where tiny bits spread through a liquid or gas
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7.0
Different things joined together to make one thing
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6.8
A mixture of many bright, different parts like colors and sounds
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5.8
A mix of different parts, like a salad, that can be separated by hand or a filter
Compounds
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6.2
A mix of chemicals that can burst apart with great force when heated or hit
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5.6
A mix of ice and salt that makes temperatures below the point where water turns to ice
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5.8
A mix of different parts, like a salad, that can be separated by hand or a filter
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Two or more materials form separate visible layers rather than mixing together
How Homogeneous
- Specialized
78
3.0
- Specialized
53
3.5
- Specialized
1
7.7
- Specialized
5
5.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mixture comes from an old Latin root mix meaning 'mix'. In chemistry this idea stays the same: a mixture is when substances are mixed but not chemically joined, so each part keeps what it is.