- A combination of ingredients, kinds, etc.
- A yarn or fabric made of two or more different fibers, often of different colors.
An example of a mixture is a bowl of butter, sugar and salt.
An example of mixture is the process of combining flour and baking soda.
- A combination of ingredients used in cooking or baking.
- One that consists of diverse elements.The day was a mixture of sun and clouds.
- A fabric made of different kinds of thread or yarn.
- (chemistry) A composition of two or more substances that are not chemically combined with each other and are capable of being separated.
An alloy made from the mixture of two metals.
The inevitable mixture of different cultures in big cities.
Other Word Forms
Origin of mixture
- Middle English from Old French from Latin mixtūra from mixtus past participle of miscēre to mix meik- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition