mixer
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.
Metallurgy. a container for blending and storing molten pig iron from several blast furnaces.
Origin of mixer
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How to use mixer in a sentence
Kitchenaid Stand mixer Still the king of stand mixers, and a must-have for anyone who bakes a lot.
They were hard drinkers and fighters; loud, boastful talkers, good-natured if not opposed; good “mixers.”
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerThe batter, stirred in drums like concrete mixers, was poured on with cranes and spouts.
The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan | W. B. LaugheadThe bands were all inside the tennis courts, with their guitars and mixers and keyboards and even a drum kit.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowAt Gatun the plant consisted of a series of immense cableways, an electric railroad, and enormous concrete mixers.
The Panama Canal | Frederic Jennings Haskin
The train, with two big 2-cubic-yard buckets, drew up alongside two concrete mixers.
The Panama Canal | Frederic Jennings Haskin
British Dictionary definitions for mixer
/ (ˈmɪksə) /
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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