amálgama — meaning in English
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English meaning
- amalgam noun An alloy containing mercury.
- amalgamation noun The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
- blend noun A mixture made by combining two or more things smoothly.
Senses
amálgama is used for these senses in English:
- amalgamation The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
- portmanteau word (linguistics) A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel.
amalgam — full definition
- noun An alloy containing mercury.
- noun A combination of different things.
- noun One of the ingredients in an alloy.
- noun An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities.
amalgamation — full definition
- noun The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
- noun The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
- noun The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal, especially used in antiquity to extract gold and silver from ores.
- noun The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races.