blend

A mixture of different things combined together.

• Try this blend of spices.
• Her music is a blend of folk and jazz.
• The fabric contains a soft cotton blend.

How to use it: a blend of A and B (This tea is a blend of mint and lemon.)

Similar words: mixture, mix, combination

Common phrases: blend of something, coffee blend, perfect blend

To mix things together until they form one smooth mixture.

• Blend the fruit and milk.
• She blended blue and yellow paint to make green.
• Blend the flour with a little water first.

How to use it: blend A with B (Blend the butter with the sugar.); blend A and B together (Blend the herbs and oil together.)

Similar words: mix, combine

Opposites: separate

Common phrases: blend something together, blend until smooth, blend with something

To mix or join smoothly, so separate parts become hard to notice.

• Their voices blend beautifully.
• The colors blended into one another.
• As the soup cooks, the flavors blend together.

How to use it: blend with something (The flute blends with the other instruments.); blend into something (The pale blue blends into green.)

Similar words: mix, merge, mingle

Common phrases: blend together, blend with something, blend into something