mixture
/ˈmɪkst͡ʃɚ/ noun B2- The act of mixing. · The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.
- Something produced by mixing. · An alloy is a mixture of two metals.
- Something that consists of diverse elements. · The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.
- A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution · A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals
- A compound organ stop.
- A cloth of variegated colouring.
- A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.
Plural mixtures
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Having shaken them together thoroughly, he filled the top of the Scarecrow’s head with the mixture and stuffed the rest of the space with straw, to hold it in place.
Instead of a rude mixture of sailors, soldiers, and those belonging to the humblest grade of life, the present assembly was composed of the very flower of Marseilles society,—magistrates who had resigned their office during the usurper’s reign; officers who had deserted from the imperial army and joined forces with Condé; and younger members of families, brought up to hate and execrate the man whom five years of exile would convert into a martyr, and fifteen of restoration elevate to the rank of a god.
I shall now add a little milk to make the mixture palatable, and on presenting it to the dog we find that he laps it up readily enough.”
You perceive that the resulting mixture has the appearance of pure water.
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