Mishmash - English meaning

noun

A miscellaneous collection of things or people.

Usage examples:

The room was filled with an assortment of clothes

noun

A mixture or combination of different types

Usage examples:

"that’s dancing!" contains an assortment of musical numbers from famous hollywood films.

noun

A group of different types of something

Usage examples:

An assortment of vegetables, an unlikely assortment of rock stars and politicians attended the char…

verb

Mix (a substance) with another substance so that they combine together.

Usage examples:

Blend the cornflour with a tablespoon of water

noun

A mixture of different substances or other things.

Usage examples:

The chutney is a blend of bananas, raisins, and ginger

noun

Mix together different elements

noun

The action or process of collecting someone or something.

Usage examples:

The collection of data

noun

Money that people give for a special purpose, a person in need, or an organization

Usage examples:

We’re taking (up) a collection for his retirement gift (= getting money from people who want to giv…

noun

The act or job of taking something away from a place

Usage examples:

We will inform you when your goods are ready for collection., refuse/waste collection which public …

noun

Uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required.

Usage examples:

There seems to be some confusion about which system does what

noun

A lack of understanding, or a state of disorder

Usage examples:

[ c ] she writes about the confusions of her life., [ u ] in the confusion, i lost my wallet.

noun

A situation in which people do not understand what is happening, what they should do or who someone or something is

Usage examples:

There seems to be some confusion over who is actually giving the talk., to avoid confusion, the twi…

noun

The state of being diverse; variety.

Usage examples:

There was considerable diversity in the style of the reports

noun

The condition or fact of being different or varied; variety

Usage examples:

Genetic/biological diversity, a wide diversity of opinion/ideas

noun

The fact of there being people of many different groups in society, within an organization, etc.

Usage examples:

Cultural/ethnic diversity, we are an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity in the wor…

noun

A confused mixture.

Usage examples:

A farrago of fact and myth about abraham lincoln

noun

A confused mixture

Usage examples:

He told us a farrago of lies.

noun

A dish of cooked meat cut into small pieces and cooked again, usually with potatoes.

Usage examples:

Make a hash by frying up all the leftover roast potatoes and parsnips, adding some chopped turkey a…

verb

Make (meat or other food) into a hash.

Usage examples:

In gower they are added to hashed meat, made into pies with apples, and put into soup.

noun

Short for hashish.

noun

A confused mixture; a hotchpotch.

Usage examples:

Rob's living room was a hodgepodge of modern furniture and antiques

noun

A confused mixture of different things

Usage examples:

It was a hodgepodge of theories.

noun

A confused mixture.

Usage examples:

A hotchpotch of uncoordinated services

noun

A confused mixture of different things

Usage examples:

New age thinking seems to be a hotchpotch of old and new ideas.

noun

An untidy collection or pile of things.

Usage examples:

The books were in a chaotic jumble

verb

Mix up in a confused or untidy way.

Usage examples:

A drawer full of letters jumbled together

noun

A confused mixture or mass of things

Usage examples:

A jumble of papers on the desk, the events of the last few weeks are all jumbled up in my mind.

noun

A varied mixture of people or things.

Usage examples:

An interesting medley of flavours

adjective

Mixed; motley.

Usage examples:

A medley range of vague and variable impressions

verb

Make a medley of; intermix.

Usage examples:

The medlied establishments of the native chiefs

noun

A varied mixture.

Usage examples:

A melange of tender vegetables and herbs

noun

A mixture, or a group of different things or people

Usage examples:

Her book presents an interesting mélange of ideas., the dessert was described as "a mélange of summ…

noun

A dirty or untidy state of things or of a place.

Usage examples:

She made a mess of the kitchen

verb

Make untidy or dirty.

Usage examples:

She scratched her head, messing her hair still further

noun

A group or collection of different items; a mixture.

Usage examples:

A miscellany of houses

noun

A mixture of different things

Usage examples:

The museum houses a fascinating miscellany of nautical treasures., she's just finished editing "a m…

verb

Combine or put together to form one substance or mass.

Usage examples:

Peppercorns are sometimes mixed with other spices

noun

Two or more different qualities, things, or people placed, combined, or considered together.

Usage examples:

The decor is a fascinating mix of antique and modern

verb

To combine different substances, esp. so that the result cannot easily be separated into its parts, or to cause different substances to combine in this way

Usage examples:

[ i ] oil and water don’t mix., [ t ] mix two eggs into the flour., [ t ] he mixed the blue paint w…

noun

A substance made by mixing other substances together.

Usage examples:

Form the mixture into a manageable dough

noun

A combination of substances resulting from mixing them together so that they cannot be easily separated

Usage examples:

It’s a highly explosive mixture and has to be handled carefully., good fashion designers often rely…

noun

An artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.

Usage examples:

The operetta is a pastiche of 18th century style

verb

Imitate the style of (an artist or work).

Usage examples:

Gauguin took himself to a pacific island and pastiched the primitive art he found there

noun

A piece of art, music, literature, etc. that intentionally copies the style of someone else's work or is intentionally in various styles, or the practice of making art in either of these ways

Usage examples:

The movie is a skilful, witty pastiche of "jaws".

noun

Needlework in which small pieces of cloth in different designs, colours, or textures are sewn together.

Usage examples:

A piece of patchwork

noun

Cloth consisting of smaller pieces of differently patterned cloth that are sewn together

Usage examples:

A patchwork quilt, fig. we looked down at the patchwork of fields below us.

noun

A bag in which scraps of fabric and old clothes are kept for use.

Usage examples:

They were made from second-hand jute burlap and scraps of fabric pulled from ragbags and storage bi…

noun

The action or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable.

Usage examples:

Such men decided the selection of candidates

noun

The act of choosing, or the person or thing chosen

Usage examples:

[ c ] they performed a mix of old hits and selections from their new cd., [ c ] that bookstore has …

noun

The process of choosing someone or something from a group of people or things after careful thought

Usage examples:

The selection of sth/sb it is alleged that he tried to improperly influence the selection of a part…

noun

The quality or state of being different or diverse; the absence of uniformity or monotony.

Usage examples:

It's the variety that makes my job so enjoyable

noun

The characteristic of frequently changing, or of including many different types or things

Usage examples:

The markets offer a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables., you can get magazines there that have …

noun

One particular type of a thing

Usage examples:

We need to create new varieties of drought-resistant coffee., we select apple varieties with a long…