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legering — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alloy noun A metal made by melting and mixing two or more elements together, at least one of which is a metal.
  • amalgamation noun The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
  • encampment noun A place where people are staying temporarily in tents or similar shelters, such as a camp for soldiers, refugees, or travelers.

Senses

legering is used for these senses in English:

  • alloy A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.
  • amalgamation (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal, especially used in antiquity to extract gold and silver from ores.
  • encampment (often, military) A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travellers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite.

alloy — full definition

  1. noun A metal made by melting and mixing two or more elements together, at least one of which is a metal.
  2. verb To combine metals together, or to weaken something pure by mixing in something of lesser quality.

amalgamation — full definition

  1. noun The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
  2. noun The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
  3. noun The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal, especially used in antiquity to extract gold and silver from ores.
  4. noun The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races.

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