admixture

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ad=mix=ture

CIDE DICTIONARY

admixture, n. [L. admiscere, admixtum, to admix; ad + miscere to mix. See Mix.].

•  The act of mixing; mixture.  [1913 Webster]
•  The compound formed by mixing different substances together.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is mixed with anything.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

admixture, n.
1 a thing added, esp. a minor ingredient.
2 the act of adding this.

Etymology

L admixtus past part. of admiscere (as AD-, miscere mix)

THESAURUS

admixture

accretion, addition, alloy, alloyage, amalgam, amalgamation, bit, blend, blending, coalescence, combination, combo, comminglement, commingling, commixture, composite, composition, compound, concoction, confection, dash, doctor, eclecticism, ensemble, fortification, fusion, immixture, integration, interfusion, interlarding, interlardment, interminglement, intermingling, intermixture, magma, merger, mingling, mix, mix-up, mixing, mixture, paste, pluralism, shade, smack, spice, syncretism, taint, tinge

ROGET THESAURUS

admixture

Mixture

N mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd.