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amalgam
1. 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 • Syn: dental amalgam • Hypernyms: alloy, metal 2. a combination or blend of diverse things - his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas • Derivationally related forms: amalgamate • Hypernyms: combination
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