mixture

Other forms of mixture

plural

mixtures·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mixture

What does mixture mean?

mixture means "(chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mixture?

mixture has 2 syllables: mix-ture. The stress falls on "mix". In IPA it is /ˈmɪkstʃɚ/.

What is another word for mixture?

Close synonyms include concoction, intermixture, assortment, mixed bag, miscellany. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mixture a common word?

mixture is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.