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."