mishmash
See also: mish-mash
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English as reduplication of “mash”. Cognates include Saterland Frisian Miskmask, and German Mischmasch.
Pronunciation
Noun
mishmash (plural mishmashes)
- A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
Synonyms
- farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, melting pot, mingle-mangle, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
- See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge
Translations
a collection of miscellany
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Verb
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- (transitive) To mix together, especially in a confused way.
- (intransitive) To become mixed together.