medley

Parts of several songs played or sung together as one piece of music.

• The band played a medley.
• She sang a medley of famous love songs.
• Their final medley included three old hits.

How to use it: a medley of something (He performed a medley of songs from the show.)

Common phrases: medley of songs, musical medley, perform a medley

A mixture of different things.

• She served a medley of vegetables.
• The garden was a medley of bright colors.
• We heard a strange medley of voices and bells.

How to use it: a medley of something (The plate held a medley of fresh fruit.)

Similar words: mixture, mix, assortment

Common phrases: fruit medley, vegetable medley, medley of colors

A swimming race using four different ways of swimming.

• She won the individual medley.
• Our team entered the medley relay.
• He trained for the four-hundred-meter medley.

Common phrases: individual medley, medley relay, swim a medley

Cloth made with several different colors.

• The tailor chose a woolen medley.
• Her coat was made from medley cloth.
• The merchant displayed medleys in several color combinations.

Common phrases: medley cloth, woolen medley

To combine different things into one mixture.

• They medley several tunes together.
• The arranger medleyed the songs into one piece.
• She likes to medley fragments from different melodies.

Similar words: combine, mix, blend

Opposites: separate

Common phrases: medley songs together, medley several tunes