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Webster 1913 Edition


Mixen

Mix′en

,
Noun.
[AS.
mixen
,
myxen
, fr.
meohx
,
meox
, dung, filth; akin to E.
mist
. See
Mist
.]
A compost heap; a dunghill.
Chaucer. Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mixen

MIX'EN

,
Noun.
A dunghill; a laystall.

Definition 2024


mixen

mixen

English

Noun

mixen (plural mixens)

  1. A compost heap; a dunghill.
    • Alfred Lord Tennyson
      If we have fish at all
      Let them be gold; and charge the gardeners now
      To pick the faded creature from the pool,
      And cast it on the mixen that it die.


Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowing from English mix

Noun

mixen

  1. Plural form of mix

Verb

mixen

  1. mix
    (Brabantian) Edet na al gemixt jong?! -- Have you now already mixed it?!

German

Etymology

Borrowing from English mix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪksn̩/, /ˈmɪksən/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧xen

Verb

mixen (third-person singular simple present mixt, past tense mixte, past participle gemixt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to mix (to stir two or more substances together)
  2. (mix) to mix (to combine several tracks)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to stir substances): mischen
  • (to combine several music tracks): mischen