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amalgam
[ uh-mal-guhm ]
noun
- an alloy of mercury with another metal or metals.
- an alloy that consists chiefly of silver mixed with mercury and variable amounts of other metals and is used as a dental filling.
- a rare mineral, an alloy of silver and mercury, occurring as silver-white crystals or grains.
- a mixture or combination:
His character is a strange amalgam of contradictory traits.
amalgam
/ əˈmælɡəm /
noun
- an alloy of mercury with another metal, esp with silver
dental amalgam
- a rare white metallic mineral that consists of silver and mercury and occurs in deposits of silver and cinnabar
- a blend or combination
amalgam
/ ə-măl′gəm /
- An alloy of mercury and another metal, especially:
- An alloy of mercury and silver used in dental fillings.
- An alloy of silver and tin used in silvering mirrors.
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Example Sentences
Spall says that, faced with the contradictions in the research, they created an amalgam of them.
Well, it was based on an amalgam of bands—Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Motley Crue, Judas Priest, and Van Halen.
The rest of the night was a restless amalgam of anxiety and adrenaline.
The speech began as an amalgam of scare tactics and bipartisan appeal.
The struggling technology company is an amalgam of businesses that could be worth more separately than they are together.
If the metal to be cleansed is gold, you will see a pasty mass or amalgam, as it is called, of a yellowish tinge.
In a few seconds the new compound (ammonium amalgam) of the consistence of butter is formed.
Compounded or blended with quicksilver; formed into an amalgam.
Looking-glasses are covered on the back with an amalgam of mercury and tin.
Make an amalgam, without heat, of two drachms of leaf silver with one drachm of quicksilver.
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