ADMIXTURE
Dictionary entry overview: What does admixture mean?
• ADMIXTURE (noun)
The noun ADMIXTURE has 3 senses:
1. the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
2. an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base
3. the act of mixing together
Familiarity information: ADMIXTURE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ADMIXTURE (noun)
Meaning:
The state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
admixture; alloy
Hypernyms ("admixture" is a kind of...):
impureness; impurity (the condition of being impure)
Meaning:
An additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
admixture; intermixture
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("admixture" is a kind of...):
ingredient (a component of a mixture or compound)
Meaning:
The act of mixing together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
commixture; mixing; admixture; intermixture; mix; mixture
Context examples:
paste made by a mix of flour and water / the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio
Hypernyms ("admixture" is a kind of...):
combination; combining; compounding (the act of combining things to form a new whole)
