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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A mixture in proper proportions of two or more ingredients, as of concrete or a food product, marketed for convenience; a premix.

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  • noun a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish

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Examples

  • This culture of innovation gains weight, legitimacy and impact from strong backing by company and high-level leadership exemplified through efforts like the development of nine global initiatives directed by the CEO and investment and trust in the power of collaboration to undertake objectives as massive and important as the branding of the first global brand of ready-mix concrete: Promptis.

    Jerri Chou: Concrete Lessons in Innovation Jerri Chou 2011

  • This almost always means that more cement is added to the mix at the ready-mix concrete plant.

    Tips for getting the best concrete foundation possible Post 2010

  • This culture of innovation gains weight, legitimacy and impact from strong backing by company and high-level leadership exemplified through efforts like the development of nine global initiatives directed by the CEO and investment and trust in the power of collaboration to undertake objectives as massive and important as the branding of the first global brand of ready-mix concrete: Promptis.

    Jerri Chou: Concrete Lessons in Innovation Jerri Chou 2011

  • This culture of innovation gains weight, legitimacy and impact from strong backing by company and high-level leadership exemplified through efforts like the development of nine global initiatives directed by the CEO and investment and trust in the power of collaboration to undertake objectives as massive and important as the branding of the first global brand of ready-mix concrete: Promptis.

    Jerri Chou: Concrete Lessons in Innovation Jerri Chou 2011

  • The company's Egyptian operations include a cement factory, five quarries, 21 ready-mix plants and 2,200 employees.

    Firms Pull Staff, Halt Operations Adam Mitchell 2011

  • She added that the company also plans to set up facilities to make ready-mix concrete.

    JK Lakshmi Cement to Expand Capacity Prasenjit Bhattacharya 2012

  • You can't afford to let mistakes happen when you have expensive concrete tumbling in the drums of several 10-yard ready-mix concrete trucks!

    Foundation footer: A critical element on which your building's success will rest Tim Carter 2010

  • Meatloaf, succotash, ready-mix mashed potatoes, and red juice splashed across the linoleum tiles.

    Chameleon Andrew Clarke 2011

  • Meatloaf, succotash, ready-mix mashed potatoes, and red juice splashed across the linoleum tiles.

    Chameleon Andrew Clarke 2011

  • Cemex, the world's third-largest cement maker and top producer of ready-mix concrete, reported a net loss of $301 million for the April-June period, or $0.31 per American depositary share, compared with a net profit of $173 million or $0.23 per ADS in the year-ago quarter.

    Cemex Posts Loss, Sees U.S., Mexico Turnaround 2010

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