alloy

Speech parts

1. alloy - Noun

2. alloy - Verb

Meaning

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.

The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.

A baser metal mixed with a finer.

Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.

To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.

To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.

To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

To form a metallic compound.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

metal mixture compound mix combine composite blend admixture amalgam intermixture debase babbitt garter season fusion
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Antonyms

atom fork clear separate division distil
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Hypernyms

mixture mix combine flux blend merge

Hyponyms

babbitt pinchbeck steel solder amalgam electrum

Phrases with the word

copper alloy alloy-plated iron alloy ferro alloy non alloy steel high-density alloy

Derivatives

alloyed alloying

Anagrams

loyal ollay yallo Yolla lyalo

Examples

Blessed loves! how happy they have made us on the earth; what will they be when they have deepened through ages, with no alloy of envy or suspicion or selfishness or sorrow? Randolph Sinks Foster

I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery. Henry Bessemer

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. Dan Gable

If you are wise, look after your house; love your wife without alloy. Egyptian Proverb

No joy without alloy. Spanish Proverb

There is no joy without alloy. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

alloxenic alloxydim Alloxylon flammeum alloy cast iron alloy casting alloy iron