AMALGAM

amalgam

(noun) a combination or blend of diverse things; “his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas”

amalgam, dental amalgam

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)

(metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.

A combination of different things.

One of the ingredients in an alloy.

Synonyms

• alloy, blend, combo, compound, conglomerate, mixture

Verb

amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)

(archaic, ambitransitive) To amalgamate.

Anagrams

• malagma

Source: Wiktionary

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A*mal"gam, n. Etym: [F. amalgame, prob. fr. L. malagma, Gr.

1. An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.

Note: Medalists apply the term to soft alloys generally.

2. A mixture or compound of different things.

3. (Min.)

Definition: A native compound of mercury and silver.

A*mal"gam, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. amalgamer]

Definition: To amalgamate. Boyle. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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