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amalgam

/ amalgam /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a combination or blend of diverse things
"his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas"
Type of:
combination
Derived:
mix mingle commix unify amalgamate
noun Sense 2
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
Type of:
alloy metal
Semantic Complexity
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Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
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Total Relationships
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Times Searched
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combination alloy metal