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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

M'elange M['e]`lange", n. [F. See Mell, Meddle.] A mixture; a medley.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also mélange(melanges) A melange of things is a mixture of them, especially when this is attractive or exciting. (WRITTEN) ...a successful melange of music styles, from soul and rhythm and blues to rap. ...a wonderful melange of flavours. N-COUNT: with supp, oft N of n

Moby Thesaurus

all sorts, assemblage, assortment, broad spectrum, conglomeration, gallimaufry, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpot, hotchpotch, jumble, magpie, mash, medley, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, stew, what you will