mixture

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A combination of different things mixed together.

   The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.

2. 2
   noun

   Something made by mixing substances together.

   An alloy is a mixture of two metals.

3. 3
   noun

   A collection of many different sorts of things.

   The shop sold a strange mixture of old books and toys.

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French misture, from Latin mixtūra (“a mixing”), from mixtus, perfect passive participle of misceō (“mix”); compare mix.

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