potpourri

noun

pot·pour·ri ˌpō-pu̇-ˈrē

Synonyms of potpourri next

: a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent

: a miscellaneous collection : medley

a potpourri of the best songs and sketches—

Current Biography

Examples of potpourri in a Sentence

The festival was a musical potpourri—performances included folk, jazz, blues, and rap music. a potpourri of hit songs from the last 10 years

Recent Examples on the Web Great Wolf Lodge is featuring a Pumpkin Spice Suite at five of its resorts this fall, decked out with potpourri, pumpkin throw pillows and bottomless pumpkin spice lattes. —

Dee-Ann Durbin, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2023 Enjoy stovetop potpourri year-round, just swap out the mixture with seasonal ingredients, such as citrus and herbs in the spring or pumpkin spices and apples in the fall. —

Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 July 2023 Homemade potpourri may sound like something your grandma would hand out as party favors, but potpourri is trending in a big way! —

Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 14 Dec. 2022 The Heat have to offer a potpourri of draft picks and anyone off the roster beyond Butler or Adebayo. —

Dave Hyde South Florida Sun-Sentinel (tns), Arkansas Online, 4 July 2023 Here, the choreographers peppered the stage with steps from the dancers’ training, a potpourri of small jumps and turns, while giving them occasions to be playful. —

Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 11 June 2023 Glass jars full of potpourri were placed on their bathroom shelves. —

Hiromi Kawakami, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023 The song’s entire first verse is a playful potpourri of vintage early ‘90s references to Kris Kross and Driving Miss Daisy. —

Al Shipley, SPIN, 16 June 2023 The Spider Society, with its delightfully bizarre potpourri of spider-entities (i.e., a Spider-Cowboy, Spider-Cat, Spider-Baby and Spider-Dinosaur), offers many opportunities for the movie to show off a compelling blend of visual gags, palettes and animation styles. —

Maya Phillips, New York Times, 1 June 2023 See More

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