Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: amalgam
IPA transcription: [əm'ælɡəm]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: amalgam
    Meaning: a combination or blend of diverse things; "his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas"
  • Synonyms: amalgam, dental_amalgam
    Meaning: 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
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