| NOUN | substance | amalgam, dental amalgam | an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth |
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| group | amalgam | a combination or blend of diverse things |
| Sounds | ahmae'lgahm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | dental amalgam | |
| Broader | alloy, metal | A mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten |
| Spanish | amalgama dental, amalgama | |
| Catalan | amalgama dental, amalgama | |
| Meaning | A combination or blend of diverse things. | |
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| Example | "his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas" | |
| Broader | combination | A collection of things that have been combined |
| Spanish | amalgama | |
| Catalan | amalgama | |
| Verbs | amalgamate | to bring or combine together or with something else |
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