intermixture

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intermixture - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Intermixture \In`ter*mix"ture\ (?; 135), n.
     1. A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed.
        --Boyle.
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     2. Admixture; an additional ingredient.
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              In this height of impiety there wanted not an
              intermixture of levity and folly.     --Bacon.
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intermixture - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  intermixture
      n 1: any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he
           volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a
           mixture of beer and lemonade" [syn: concoction,
           mixture, intermixture]
      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]