amalgam
Noun
- 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
- Synonyms
- dental amalgam
- Less specific
- alloy
- metal
- Synonyms
- a combination or blend of diverse things; “his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas”
- Less specific
- combination
- Related
- mix
- mingle
- commix
- unify
- amalgamate
- Less specific
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