premix

[ pree-miks ]

noun

1. Also pre·mix·ture [] a mixture of ingredients, made before selling, using, etc.:

   The chain saw runs on a premix of oil and gasoline.

adjective

1. mixed prior to using, marketing, etc.; premixed:

   premix concrete.

verb (used with object)

, pre·mixed or pre·mixt, pre·mix·ing.

1. to mix beforehand, as in advance of selling or using.

Other Words From

• pre·mixer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of premix¹

First recorded in 1930–35; pre- + mix

Example Sentences

The food comes with high-quality vitamin premix for added nutrition and can stay good in a fridge for up to four days.

From Popular-Science

These little particles now formed an iron “premix” that could be added to iodized salt.

From MIT Technology Review

The plant’s initial output of 600 tons of premix a year was enough to supply over 40 million people.

From MIT Technology Review

You see, Premix is only Little Business, as the foods industry goes, but they have something very sweet.

From Project Gutenberg

Breakfast finally ended, and Varcek and Dunmore left for the Premix plant.

From Project Gutenberg

It won't be official until the sixteenth of May, when the Premix stockholders meet, but that's just a formality.

From Project Gutenberg

But it would cause a scandal that would rock the Premix Company to its very foundations.

From Project Gutenberg

But I believe a formula could be evolved which would keep the Premix Company and its affairs out of it.

From Project Gutenberg