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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun amalgam has 2 senses
- amalgam(n = noun.substance) dental amalgam - an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams; Array is a kind of alloy, metal
- amalgam(n = noun.group) Array - a combination or blend of diverse things; "his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas" is a kind of combination
Derived form verb amalgamate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
amalgam, n. [F. amalgame, prob. fr. L. malagma, Gr. ma`lagma, emollient, plaster, poultice, fr. mala`ssein to make soft, fr. malako`s soft.].
- An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc. [1913 Webster]" Medalists apply the term to soft alloys generally." [1913 Webster]
- A mixture or compound of different things. [1913 Webster]
- A native compound of mercury and silver. [1913 Webster]
amalgam, v. t. & i. [Cf. F. amalgamer].
To amalgamate. Boyle. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
amalgam, n.
1 a mixture or blend.
2 an alloy of mercury with one or more other metals, used esp. in dentistry.
1 a mixture or blend.
2 an alloy of mercury with one or more other metals, used esp. in dentistry.
Etymology
ME f. F amalgame or med.L amalgama f. Gk malagma an emollient
THESAURUS
amalgam
admixture, alloy, alloyage, amalgamation, blend, combination, combo, commixture, composite, composition, compound, concoction, confection, ensemble, fusion, immixture, interfusion, intermixture, magma, mix, mixture, pasteROGET THESAURUS
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Mixture
N mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd.Combination
N combination, mixture, junction, union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis, fusion, blending, absorption, centralization, alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium quid, resultant, impregnation, combined, impregnated with, ingrained, imbued inoculated.
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