amalgam

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noun

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