| Dictionary: mixed bag |
| Thesaurus: mixed bag |
noun
| Idioms: mixed bag |
A heterogeneous collection of people, items, activities, or the like; an assortment. For example, The school offers a mixed bag of after-school activities--team sports, band practice, a language class. This idiom calls up the image of a sack full of different items. [First half of 1900s]
| Military Dictionary: mixed bag |
(DOD, NATO) In naval mine warfare, a collection of mines of various types, firing systems, sensitivities, arming delays and ship counter settings.
| WordNet: mixed bag |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
Synonyms: assortment, mixture, miscellany, miscellanea, salmagundi, variety, potpourri, motley
| Cellophane/Mixed Bag (1997 Album by The Troggs) | |
| Old School Songs (1980 Album by Dave Cousins) | |
| Mellow with Ale from the Horn (1975 Album by John Roberts & Tony Barrand) |
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