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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something;
[syn: admixture, alloy]

2. an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base;
- Example: "the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure"
- Example: "a large intermixture of sand"
[syn: admixture, intermixture]

3. the act of mixing together;
- Example: "paste made by a mix of flour and water"
- Example: "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"
[syn: mix, commixture, admixture, mixture, intermixture, mixing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Admixture \Ad*mix"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. admiscere, admixtum, to admix; ad + miscere to mix. See Mix.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of mixing; mixture. [1913 Webster] 2. The compound formed by mixing different substances together. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is mixed with anything. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

admixture n 1: the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something [syn: admixture, alloy] 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, intermixture] 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, intermixture, mixing]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

49 Moby Thesaurus words for "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