potpourri
Other forms: potpourris
The noun potpourri can refer to a mixture or collection of seemingly unrelated items, an unusual assortment. You may own a potpourri of books — from classic literature to trashy novels and from Shakespeare's plays to comic books.
The noun potpourri often refers to a scented mixture of spices and dried flowers that is usually kept in a decorative bowl or jar and used to perfume a room. What's interesting is that the name for this attractively fragrant mixture comes from the French phrase pot pourri, which literally means "rotten pot." The phrase was used to describe a stew. Clearly, some things translate better than others.
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a collection containing a variety of sorts of thingssynonyms: assortment, medley, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, salmagundi, smorgasbord, varietytypes:grab bagan assortment of miscellaneous itemsrangea variety of different things or activitiesselectionan assortment of things from which a choice can be madefarrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbaga motley assortment of thingsalphabet soupa confusing assortmentsampleran assortment of various samplesbanda range of frequencies between two limitstype of:accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collectionseveral things grouped together or considered as a whole
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a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
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a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume
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Vocabulary lists containing potpourri
In this best-selling novel, sixteen-year-old Starr's life is turned upside down when she witnesses the death of her friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer.
After calling the police during an end-of-summer party, Melinda is an outcast at school. How can Melinda tell the truth about what really happened when she won't even speak?
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