jumblenoun
uk/ˈdʒʌm.bəl/us/ˈdʒʌm.bəl/jumble noun (MIXTURE)
[ S ] an untidy and confused mixture of things, feelings, or ideas:
He rummaged through the jumble of papers on his desk.
a jumble of thoughts/ideas
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Dirt & untidiness
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- bloodstain
- blot
- clutter
- contaminant
- contaminate
- filthiness
- fleck
- grime
- gunge
- gunk
- muck
- pollutant
- slovenly
- slut
- smear
- smudge
- speck
- speckle
- stain
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Variety and mixtures
jumble noun (OLD THINGS)
[ U ] UK things you no longer want that are sold at a jumble sale
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Rubbish and waste
- debris
- detritus
- dross
- effluent
- flotsam
- froth
- jetsam
- junk
- kitsch
- recycle
- refuse
- rubbish
- rubble
- scrap
- scrap heap
- scrappage
- tat
- upcycle
- upcycling
- waste product
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jumbleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈdʒʌm.bəl/us/ˈdʒʌm.bəl/to mix things together untidily:
Her clothes were all jumbled up/together in the suitcase.
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Mixing and mixtures
- be neither one thing nor the other idiom
- beat
- blend
- blend in/blend into sth
- brew
- churn
- cocktail
- concoction
- cross-fertilization
- decoction
- emulsion
- impure
- meld
- mingle
- mixture
- neither
- preparation
- roll
- rolled into one idiom
- substance
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