Intermixture

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intermixture \In`ter*mix"ture\ (?; 135), n.
     1. A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed.
        --Boyle.
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     2. Admixture; an additional ingredient.


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              In this height of impiety there wanted not an
              intermixture of levity and folly.     --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  intermixture
       n 1: any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he
            volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a
            mixture of beer and lemonade" [syn: {concoction}, {mixture}]
       2: an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the
          base; "the growing medium should be equal parts of sand
          and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure";
          "a large intermixture of sand" [syn: {admixture}]
       3: the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour
          and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording
          studio" [syn: {mix}, {commixture}, {admixture}, {mixture},
           {mixing}]