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Synonyms
mé·lange,
also me·lange (mā-läNzh́)

[French, from Old French meslance, from mesler, to mix; see meddle.]

noun 

  1. A mixture: “ building crowned with a mélange of antennae and satellite dishes” (Howard Kaplan)
  2. Geology A metamorphic rock formation created from sediments and rocks scraped off the top of a downward-moving tectonic plate in a subduction zone.