Blendnoun
A mixture of two or more things.
‘Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.’; ‘Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.’;
Combinationnoun
The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
Blendnoun
(linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.
‘The word brunch is a blend of the words breakfast and lunch.’;
Combinationnoun
An object formed by combining.
Blendverb
(transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
‘To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.’;
Combinationnoun
A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.
Blendverb
(intransitive) To be mingled or mixed.
Combinationnoun
(mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
Blendverb
(obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
Combinationnoun
An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
Blendverb
To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound.
‘Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay.’;
Combinationnoun
(billiards) A combination shot; a billiard; a shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
Blendverb
To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
Combinationnoun
A motorcycle and sidecar.
Blendverb
To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors.
‘There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality.’;
Combinationnoun
A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.
Blendverb
To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive.
Combinationnoun
The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.
‘Making new compounds by new combinations.’; ‘A solemn combination shall be madeOf our dear souls.’;
Blendnoun
A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins.
Combinationnoun
The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; - usually in a bad sense.
‘A combination of the most powerful men in Rome who had conspired my ruin.’;
Blendnoun
an occurrence of thorough mixing
Combinationnoun
The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds.
Blendnoun
a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings;
‘`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'’; ‘`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'’; ‘`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau’;
Combinationnoun
The different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups.
Blendnoun
the act of blending components together thoroughly
Combinationnoun
a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities
Blendverb
combine into one;
‘blend the nuts and raisins together’; ‘he blends in with the crowd’; ‘We don't intermingle much’;
Combinationnoun
a coordinated sequence of chess moves
Blendverb
blend or harmonize;
‘This flavor will blend with those in your dish’; ‘This sofa won't go with the chairs’;
Combinationnoun
a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock;
‘he forgot the combination to the safe’;
Blendverb
mix together different elements;
‘The colors blend well’;
Combinationnoun
a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose;
‘they were a winning combination’;
Combinationnoun
an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)
Combinationnoun
the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order
Combinationnoun
the act of combining things to form a new whole
Combination
In mathematics, a combination is a selection of items from a collection, such that the order of selection does not matter (unlike permutations). For example, given three fruits, say an apple, an orange and a pear, there are three combinations of two that can be drawn from this set: an apple and a pear; an apple and an orange; or a pear and an orange.
