Mixture Definition

mĭkschər
noun
The act or process of mixing.
An alloy made from the mixture of two metals.
American Heritage
A mixing or being mixed.
Webster's New World
Something made by mixing.
Webster's New World
A substance containing two or more ingredients.
Webster's New World

A medicinal compound.

A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals.
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Other Word Forms of Mixture

Noun

Singular:
mixture
Plural:
mixtures

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

  • From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mixtÅ«ra (“a mixing"), from mixtus, perfect passive participle of misceō (“mix"); compare mix.

    From Wiktionary

Mixture Sentence Examples

  • His expression was a fifty-fifty mixture of pain and anger.

  • Her sigh was a mixture of contentment and relief.

  • The mixture probably contained also some BH 3.

  • She'd watched the arriving guests with a mixture of fascination and dread.

  • For narrow as are the channels between Cuba and the opposite coast of Central America, between the Bahamas and Florida, and between Grenada and Tobago, the fauna of the Antillean chain, instead of being a mixture of that of the almost contiguous countries, differs, much from all, and exhibits in some groups a degree of speciality which may be not unfitly compared with that of oceanic islands..

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Words Starting With

MMIMIX

Words Ending With

EREURE

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mixture

Words Starting With M and Ending With E

Starts With M & Ends With EStarts With MI & Ends With EStarts With M & Ends With RE

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With M7 Letter Words Ending With E