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Definition amalgam

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic ???????????‎ (al-mal?am, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from ??????? (maláss?, “to soften”), from ??????? (malakós, “soft”). For the verb, compare French amalgamer.

Noun

amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)

1. (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
2. A combination of different things.
3. One of the ingredients in an alloy.

Verb

amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)

1. (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To amalgamate.

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