emulsionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ɪˈmʌl.ʃən/us/ɪˈmʌl.ʃən/a mixture that results when one liquid is added to another and is mixed with it but does not dissolve into it:
Mixing oil and vinegar together produces an emulsion.
a water-based paint that is not shiny when dry:
emulsion paint
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Mixing and mixtures
- be neither one thing nor the other idiom
- beat
- blend
- blend in/blend into sth
- brew
- churn
- cocktail
- concoction
- cross-fertilization
- decoction
- impure
- intermingle
- meld
- mingle
- mixture
- neither
- preparation
- roll
- rolled into one idiom
- substance
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