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blends

/blɛndz/

blends is the plural of blend.

blends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blend.

Meaning of blend

Noun

blend (plural blends)

  1. A mixture of two or more things.
    • Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.
    Synonyms:
    combination, mix, mixture
  2. A word formed by combining two other words; a portmanteau word.
    • Blends, also known as portmanteau words, are not an original part of English. That is, none occur in Old or Middle English, nor even in Elizabethan English, with the earliest known example being the rare and now obsolete term tomaxe, a blend of tomahawk and axe.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 10

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Phrases with blends

Words that rhyme with blends

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Questions about blends

What is blends the plural of?
Blends is the plural of blend.
How do you pronounce blends?
Blends is pronounced /blɛndz/.

Words near blends in the dictionary

  1. blending inheritance
  2. blending up
  3. blendingly
  4. blendings
  5. blendous
  6. blends
  7. blends in
  8. blends up
  9. blendshape
  10. blendshapes
  11. blendstock

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