[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mixture/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) / mixture

# mixture

noun (a mixture, mixtures)

«mixture» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A mixture is something made by putting different things together, such as cake mixture or a mixture of colours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixture/#m1)
2. In science, a mixture is two or more substances mixed together but not joined chemically, so they can be separated again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixture/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons: sand and water, salt water and trail mix are mixtures; you can separate them by filtering, sieving, using a magnet or letting water evaporate. In cooking: stir the mixture, pour the mixture into the tin. In everyday life: a mixture of feelings (happy and sad at once). Phrases: a mixture of, cake mixture, cough mixture.

### Examples

- Pour the cake mixture into the tin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixture/#x1)
- Sand and water make a mixture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixture/#x2)
- You can separate the mixture with a sieve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixture/#x3)
- I felt a mixture of excitement and fear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixture/#x4)
- The paint was a mixture of blue and yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixture/#x5)
- Salt water is a mixture you can separate by evaporation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixture/#x6)
- Stir the mixture until it is smooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixture/#x7)
- Cough mixture is a liquid medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixture/#x8)
- Some were gray, others white, and still others a mixture of brown and black. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixture/#x9)

### Note

Countable. Do not confuse with a solution (a mixture where one thing dissolves, like sugar in tea) or a compound (substances joined chemically). A mixture is still a mixture even if you cannot see the parts.

## In Jewish tradition

It can mean a blend of things. Here it is a boiling brew, spice mixed in a pot, or the "alien mixture" of foreigners among Israel.

**Interpretation.** In Nehemiah, the separation of the mixed multitude is read as keeping Israel's identity and law pure. Ezekiel's pot is read as a picture of Jerusalem's judgment.

### Examples

- He maketh the deep to boil like a pot; he maketh the sea like a seething mixture. (Writings JOB.41.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mixture/#x1)
- And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the alien mixture. (Writings NEH.13.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mixture/#x2)
- heaping on the wood, kindling the fire, that the flesh may be consumed; and preparing the mixture, that the bones also may be burned; (Prophets EZK.24.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mixture/#x3)

### Note

Countable. Do not confuse with a solution (a mixture where one thing dissolves, like sugar in tea) or a compound (substances joined chemically). A mixture is still a mixture even if you cannot see the parts.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mixture» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mixture/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mixture» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mixture.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «mixture» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mixture/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mixture» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/mixture.html) on Mova free.