amalgam
Syllables: a·mal·gam/əˈmæl.ɡəm/
amalgam noun: an alloy containing mercury.
Noun
amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)
- An alloy containing mercury.
- A combination of different things.
- […] nor must we overlook, in quite recent times, the ingenious "Dukedog", a little 4-4-0 (officially 90XX class) whose Victorian lineaments arise from an economical amalgam of obsolete "Duke" and "Bulldog" components.1956 October, R. S. McNaught, “Locomotive Nicknames”, in Railway Magazine, page 698
- This was the Ambergate, Nottingham & Boston & Eastern Junction Railway, an amalgam of a number of separate schemes put forward in 1845, which secured its Act on July 16, 1846.1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149
- One of the ingredients in an alloy.
- An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities.
Verb
amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)
- To amalgamate (something) with a thing.
- gold t’amalgam with some six of mercury1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet...
- […] I had once occaſion to diſtil in a ſmall Retort ſome Gold amalgamed vvith ſuch a fine and ſubtile Mercury, that being (vvithout the addition of any Salt) put to the Gold in the cold, they preſently grevv hot together.1684, Robert Boyle, “An Essay on the Porousness of Solid Bodies. Chapter VIII.”, in Experiments and Considerations about the Porosity of Bodies, in Two Essays, London: […] Sam[uel] Smith […], →OCLC...
amalgam meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
amalgam in Tamil
- இரசக்கலவை, இதள் கலவை, கலவை, இதள்கலவை, பாதரசக் கலவை, உலோகப் பூச்சு
amalgam in Urdu
- املغم
amalgam in Malayalam
- രസമിശ്രലോഹം, കൂട്ട്
amalgam in Kannada
- ಚುರುಕುಬೆಳ್ಳಿಬೆರಕೆ, ಮಿಶ್ರಣ, ಸಂಮಿಶ್ರಣ, ಮಿಶ್ರಲೋಹ
More languagesFewer languages
- amalgam in Arabic
- مَلْغَم malḡam, مَلْغَمَة malḡama
- amalgam in Malay
- amalgam
- amalgam in Indonesian
- amalgam
- amalgam in Persian
- ملغمه malġame
- amalgam in Vietnamese
- hỗn hống
Examples of amalgam in a sentence
- Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.
- Everything was a labyrinthine amalgam of languages, a towering Babel of puns and glossolalia.
- Ut's slippery, semi-improvised antirock was shrill and swampy, an unpredictable amalgam of loose strumming and phantom sputtering.
Synonyms of amalgam
Forms of amalgam
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | amalgams |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | amalgams |
| present participle | amalgaming |
| past participle | amalgamed |
| past | amalgamed |
Origin of amalgam
From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). Doublet of malagma. For the verb, compare French amalgamer.
Words formed from amalgam
Phrases with amalgam
Questions about amalgam
- What does amalgam mean?
- Amalgam means an alloy containing mercury.
- What is amalgam in Tamil?
- Amalgam in Tamil is இரசக்கலவை, இதள் கலவை, கலவை. See Amalgam meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is amalgam?
- Amalgam can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce amalgam?
- Amalgam is pronounced /əˈmæl.ɡəm/.
- What is the plural of amalgam?
- The plural of amalgam is amalgams.
Words near amalgam in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: amalgam (page history and authors); amalgam (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amalgam (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amalgam (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amalgam (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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