amalgam

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Noun amalgam has 2 senses

amalgam, dental amalgam - 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
--₁ is a kind of alloy, metal
amalgam - a combination or blend of diverse things; "his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas"
--₂ is a kind of combination

Derived form: verb amalgamate₁

amaetuer amagasaki amage amaging amah amain amaizing amal amalgam amalgamate amalgamated amalgamating amalgamation amalgamative amalgamator amalgmation amalgram

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