mix

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/ˈmɪks/

verb 5noun 5name 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

good, right

The restaurant had a good mix of traditional dishes and modern creative options.

judicious | curious, odd, strange | fascinating, interesting, intriguing | rich | heady, potent, powerful

eclectic

The restaurant serves an eclectic mix of dishes from around the world.

broad | cosmopolitan | cultural, ethnic, racial | marketing, product

cake

I bought some chocolate cake mix at the supermarket to bake a birthday cake for my daughter.

concrete, mortar

VERB + MIX

contain, have

MIX + VERB

vary

The ingredients in each batch will mix and vary slightly depending on what's available.

PREP

~ of

The new restaurant offers an interesting mix of Italian and Asian dishes.

(verb.) combine things

ADV

thoroughly, well

She mixed the paint well before applying it to the bedroom walls.

gently

She gently mixed the flour into the cake batter with a wooden spoon.

in, together

PREP

with

She mixed the flour with eggs and milk to prepare the cake batter.

PHRASES

mix and match/pick and mix

(verb.) meet people

ADV

easily, well

She easily mixes with people from different backgrounds at her new job.

freely

At the international school, students from different countries mixed freely during lunch and after-school activities.

happily

socially

At the company party, our manager tends to mix socially with employees from different departments.

PREP

with

He enjoys mixing with people from different countries at university.

Definitions

verb

To stir together.

Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.

To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate).

to mix business with pleasure

Don't mix the meat recipes with the dairy recipes.

To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.

Yellow and blue paint mix to make green.

Hast thou no poison mixed?

To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).

Mix the egg whites until they are stiff.

To combine (several tracks).

I'll mix the rhythm tracks down to a single track.

noun

The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.

Now add the raisins to the mix.

[…] fifteen flavors of powdered mixes in traditional scoop-out packages, seven flavors of single-serve bottled drinks, and three flavors of multiserve bottles.

The result of combining items normally kept separate.

My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy.

The combination of classical music and hip hop is a surprisingly good mix.

A preparation, usually in the form of a powder, into which other ingredients can be mixed to prepare a specified foodstuff.

Cake mix. Pancake mix. Hot chocolate mix.

The result of mixing several tracks.

The rhythm mix sounds muddy.

The finished version of a recording.

I've almost finished the mix for this song.

name

A surname.

An unincorporated community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. From the surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of mixing together

noun — an event that combines things in a mixture

mixture

noun — a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients

premix

verb — mix together different elements

verb — mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

verb — to bring or combine together or with something else

verb — open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups

desegregate
integrate

Antonyms

segregate

Idioms & Phrases

mix up

To mix or blend thoroughly and completely.

She mixed up peat moss, humus, and compost to make potting soil.

mix apples and oranges

To mix or confuse two completely different objects or ideas.

mix it up

To compete vigorously, to quarrel, or to fight physically.

He would have felt like an irate ticket-holder at a prize-fight where the principals refused to mix it up.

oil and water don't mix

Black people and white people should not form relationships; an admonition against interracial relationships.

I don't think you quite realise, Benneville, what it means to be married to a native woman. It will mean that you lose friends, home, and everything that is worth living for to an

Example Bank

Mix the eggs and milk with the flour until the consistency is smooth.

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to mix business with pleasure

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Don't mix the meat recipes with the dairy recipes.

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Now add the raisins to the mix.

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[…] fifteen flavors of powdered mixes in traditional scoop-out packages, seven flavors of single-serve bottled drinks, and three flavors of multiserve bottles.

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My recipe file was now a mix of meat and dairy.

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