mixture
US /ˈmɪkstʃɚ/
Definition
(chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Stir the mixture slowly until the powder has completely dissolved in the water.
Word Family
NounNoun
mixture gốc
mixer
VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
mixable
AdverbAdv
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Synonyms
- blendan occurrence of thorough mixing
- combinationa collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
- compounda whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
Collocations
- Easy sweet mixturedescribing sweet mixture (English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912))
- Medium chemical mixture storage regulationsdescribing chemical mixture storage regulations (material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules)
- Hard complex mixture of geopolitical and fiscal hurdlesdescribing complex mixture of geopolitical and fiscal hurdles (a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts)
- Very Hard volatile mixture of hubris and speculative frenzydescribing volatile mixture of hubris and speculative frenzy (a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor)
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