ready-mix
Americannoun
adjective
noun
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(modifier) consisting of ingredients blended in advance, esp of food that is ready to cook or eat after addition of milk or water
a ready-mix cake
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concrete that is mixed before or during delivery to a building site
Etymology
Origin of ready-mix
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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In the U.S, Cemex's largest market in the quarter by sales, revenues climbed 10% year-on-year as price increases compensated for a drop in cement and ready-mix volumes on poor weather and weak residential demand.
From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2023
On taxpayer-funded jobs, the prevailing wage for a ready-mix driver on a King County project starting today is listed at $69.95 an hour including benefits, according to the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
Her father retired as the general manager and co-founder of Pyramid Ready Mix, a company in Sterling, Ill., that provides the state with ready-mix concrete.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2020
Trump Tower, the president’s New York bunker and home on Fifth Avenue, was built in the early 1980s largely out of ready-mix concrete which at the time was controlled by Salerno and other mob leaders.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2019
His dad ran a ready-mix concrete company and took his family on two-month vacations to Baja California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2019
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