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admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, cocktail, combination, composite, compound, conflation, fusion, intermixture, meld, mix, mixture, synthesis
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Fertilize them by watering with diluted fish emulsion, seaweed extract, or compost tea. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "Everything You Need to Know About Container Gardening," 13 Aug. 2018 For instance, the crispy calamari appetizer comes with ginger-yuzu emulsion and the chicken schnitzel is served with miso mustard. — Jennifer Bradley Franklin, Condé Nast Traveler, "10 Best Brunch Places in Atlanta," 21 Aug. 2018 After displaying it at the Stillwater Harvest Fest in Minnesota, Stevens credited a combination of sunshine, rain, cow manure, fish emulsion and seaweed for the oversize gourd. — Olivia Putnal, Woman's Day, "10 Larger-Than-Life Thanksgiving Staples," 16 Nov. 2010 Fertilize them by watering with diluted fish emulsion, seaweed extract, or compost tea. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "Everything You Need to Know About Container Gardening," 13 Aug. 2018 When the butter has melted and is bubbling, pour it slowly into the food processor, with the processor running, until an emulsion forms. — Alex Hitz, House Beautiful, "Perfect Poached Salmon with Béarnaise Sauce," 21 Nov. 2014 Hollinger took Polaroids of trees, boiled the prints (sure, why not?) and put about a dozen of the distressed emulsions in a vitrine. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, "Making art of root and branch, trunk and leaf in “Trees II”," 21 June 2018 Fertilize them by watering with diluted fish emulsion, seaweed extract, or compost tea. — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, "Everything You Need To Know About Container Gardening," 1 June 2017 Some of the uses include gypsum board, brick manufacturing and emulsions. — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, "Plaza Group acquires line of business from Truth Industries," 12 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'emulsion.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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