blend
A mixture of two or more things.
Noun 2 meanings
A mixture of two or more things.
“Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.”
A word formed by combining two other words; a portmanteau word.
Verb 2 meanings
To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
“To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.”
To be mingled or mixed.
Etymology
From Middle English blenden, either from Old English blandan, blondan, ġeblandan, ġeblendan or from Old Norse blanda (“to blend, mix”) (which was originally a strong verb with the present-tense stem blend; compare blendingr (“a blending, a mixture; a half-breed”)), whence also Danish blande, or from a blend of the Old English and Old Norse terms; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to blend; mix; combine”).
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BLEND at a glance
BLEND has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (B 3 + L 1 + E 1 + N 1 + D 2) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,536 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with blend
All rhymesOne letter away
- BLIND8
- BLEED8
- BLOND8
- BLAND8
- BLENT7
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