amalgamation

[ uh-mal-guh-mey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act or process of amalgamating.
2. the state or result of being amalgamated.
3. Commerce. a consolidation of two or more corporations.
4. Metallurgy. the extraction of precious metals from their ores by treatment with mercury.

amalgamation

/ əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən /

noun

1. the action or process of amalgamating
2. the state of being amalgamated
3. a method of extracting precious metals from their ores by treatment with mercury to form an amalgam
4. commerce another word for merger

Other Words From

• prea·malga·mation noun
• rea·malga·mation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of amalgamation¹

First recorded in 1605–15; amalgam + -ation

Example Sentences

These were sort of sober witnesses to the madness, so it was an amalgamation of thoughts of different women from the time.

From The Daily Beast

Each model is an amalgamation of many different women; eyes from one, lips from another.

From The Daily Beast

The GOP today is a rump amalgamation of plutocrats and the people who service their air conditioning.

From The Daily Beast

This sparkly amalgamation of sailor suit and negligee lives forever in infamy.

From The Daily Beast

The Gore Vidal character is an amalgamation of Gore Vidal and Edmund White.

From The Daily Beast

Such amalgamation, they considered, need not be effected at one time, but should be accomplished gradually.

From Project Gutenberg

Or, if not, were they to exist by amalgamation with the European stocks, and thus contribute the elements of a new race?

From Project Gutenberg

This is reflected in the terms of amalgamation with the Great Western Company.

From Project Gutenberg

It proposes the amalgamation of civilization with barbarism.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus amalgamation of races insures the conditions of primary social contacts most favorable for assimilation.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• amalgam