Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: alloy
IPA transcription: ['æl,ɔɪ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: admixture, alloy
    Meaning: the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
  • Synonyms: alloy, metal
    Meaning: a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: alloy
    Meaning: make an alloy of
  • Synonyms: debase, alloy
    Meaning: lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
Usage examples
  • Across Lethe stretched the Elysian Fields where the shades of the blest dwelt in bliss without alloy.
  • As near as we can gather from their reports, their laboratories have developed a new alloy of great tensile strength and elasticity which nevertheless lets the rep rays through like a sieve.
  • If the quicksilver is subjected to red heat in the large leadpot, it will evaporate." Proper alloy, or spelter, had best be ordered at a gun-maker's shop, and taken from England instead of lead: different alloys of spelter vary considerably in their degree of hardness, and therefore more than one specimen should be tried.
  • "I believe you will accept the post I offer you," said he, "and hold it for a while: not permanently, though: any more than I could permanently keep the narrow and narrowing--the tranquil, hidden office of English country incumbent; for in your nature is an alloy as detrimental to repose as that in mine, though of a different kind."