mixer

[ mik-ser ]

/ ˈmɪk sər /

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noun

a person or thing that mixes.

a person, with reference to sociability: She's a good mixer to have at a large party.

a kitchen utensil or an electrical appliance having one or more beaters and used in mixing, beating, or blending foods.

Also mix. a beverage, as ginger ale, fruit juice, or soda water that can be combined with liquor to produce a mixed drink, especially a highball.

Audio. an electronic device for blending, fading, substitution, etc., of sounds from various sources, as from microphones or separately recorded soundtracks, for broadcast or recording.

Radio and Television, Recording. a technician who operates a mixer in a studio.

the person responsible for the original recording of a movie soundtrack.Compare recordist.

a social event, as a party or dance, where people can meet informally.

mixing faucet.

Metallurgy. a container for blending and storing molten pig iron from several blast furnaces.

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Origin of mixer

First recorded in 1605–15; mix + -er¹

Words nearby mixer

mixed-race, mixed reality, mixed tumor, mixed-up, mixed-use, mixer, mixer tap, Mixe-Zoque, mixing faucet, mixing ratio, mixing valve

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How to use mixer in a sentence

It boosted its brand awareness by sponsoring the PBS show Home Cooking, and by putting its mixers into the hands of celebrity chefs like Julia Child and Martha Stewart.
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Our top 10 baking recipes of 2020 featured cake, pie and a whole bunch of breadIf you can melt chocolate and use a hand mixer, you can make this impressive but shockingly easy dessert.
If loving a piping hot chocolate lava cake is wrong, I don’t want to be right|Becky Krystal|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
About three-quarters say that volunteer opportunities boost morale more than company mixers, and nearly 80% say they believe that volunteerism is essential to employee well-being.
Volunteerism can help solve the employee morale crisis|Michael J. Carter|January 27, 2021|Quartz
Turn the mixer to medium-low speed and slowly pour the sugar syrup in a steady stream into the gelatin, avoiding the whisk, aiming for the space between the bowl and the whisk.
Squishy, sweet homemade marshmallows will elevate your s’mores and hot chocolate|Daniela Galarza|January 12, 2021|Washington Post

They gained traction by producing microphones, transformers, headphones, mixers, and other audio-related electronic equipment, expanding into wireless microphone markets in the early 1980′s.
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They can be ingested sporadically or used as a mixer throughout the night (though a can of Sprite seems to be the latest trick).
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Fold the parchment paper with the dry ingredients in half and pour into the stand mixer.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This will make it easy to pour the flour mixture into the stand mixer.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture to the butter-sugar mixture.
Make These Barefoot Contessa Salty Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies|Ina Garten|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Celt was, if anything, a better “mixer” and more adaptable than even the Achæan.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler
They have many household conveniences: running water in a barrel, a blue flame oil stove, a bread-mixer, and a carpet-sweeper.
The American Country Girl|Martha Foote Crow
There must have been ten thousand people in the street and not a soul but Hank and his wife and the mixer in the house.
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son|George Horace Lorimer
Ordered forty kegs from the brewery and hired a fancy mixer to sling together mild snorts, as he called them, for the ladies.
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son|George Horace Lorimer
Why, that young father of ours is such a mixer he could even make ice cream and crabs agree.
Vacation with the Tucker Twins|Nell Speed

British Dictionary definitions for mixer

mixer

/ (ˈmɪksə) /

noun

a person or thing that mixes

informal

a person considered in relation to his ability to mix socially
a person who creates trouble for others

a kitchen appliance, usually electrical, used for mixing foods, etc

a drink such as ginger ale, fruit juice, etc, used in preparing cocktails

electronics a device in which two or more input signals are combined to give a single output signal

short for sound mixer, vision mixer

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