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UK
/ɐmˈælɡæm/
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[ US /əˈmæɫɡəm/ ]
[ US /əˈmæɫɡəm/ ]
NOUN
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a combination or blend of diverse things
his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas - 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
How To Use amalgam In A Sentence
- Is particularly early snow mushroom, in the formulating and float to fall of easily adsorb a lot of contaminants in the course, the quare amalgamation out of character drinks.
- Tickets for other Amalgamation matches should soon be available and it is hoped that more extensive advertising and a reduced number of contests at favoured venues will see a reverse in the dwindling attendances.
- That complete dependence on each other, which insures habits of confidence and forbearance, is more easily acquired while the first dream of love lasts; and tastes and tempers amalgamate better in the end when there are no witnesses to observe that they do not quite fit at first. The Semi-Attached Couple
- Stuart began offering what he called hillbilly rock,'' an amalgam of energized honky-tonk and rock 'n' roll that he rode well into the '90s. Boston.com Top Stories
- Nobody would be in a position to give other than a personal view on what might happen if you engaged, for example, in amalgamations of these various bodies.
- God forbid that I should diminish France! But amalgamating Napoleon with her is not diminishing her.
- Richard and Bolingbroke ultimately represent two types of souls or distinct aspects of the soul that must be amalgamated in a single man, achieving the soul's harmony by counterpoint.
- If the job of the information architect is seen as corresponding with that of a structural architect, then the designer must be seen as an amalgam of superintendent, and foreman.
- The addition of a ferule was the next step; and the omission of the tang, and amalgamation of the ferule with the blade, gave rise to the socketed spear-head. The Bronze Age in Ireland
- The new ü did not long hold its own; it became diphthongized to iu and was amalgamated with the native iw of words like new and slew. Chapter 9. How Languages Influence Each Other