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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2017
a•mal•gam /əˈmælgəm/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Metallurgy[uncountable] an alloy of mercury with another metal or metals.
  2. Dentistry[uncountable] an alloy chiefly of silver mixed with mercury and variable amounts of other metals, used as a dental filling.
  3. a mixture or combination:[countable]an amalgam of facts and myths.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2017
a•mal•gam  (ə mal′gəm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Metallurgyan alloy of mercury with another metal or metals.
  2. Dentistry, Metallurgyan alloy that consists chiefly of silver mixed with mercury and variable amounts of other metals and is used as a dental filling.
  3. Mineralogya rare mineral, an alloy of silver and mercury, occurring as silver-white crystals or grains.
  4. a mixture or combination:His character is a strange amalgam of contradictory traits.
  • Greek málagma softening agent, equivalent. to malak- (stem of malássein to soften) + -ma noun, nominal suffix
  • dialect, dialectal Arabic al the + malgham
  • Medieval Latin
  • Middle French
  • late Middle English amalgam(e) 1425–75


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

amalgam /əˈmælɡəm/ n
  1. an alloy of mercury with another metal, esp with silver: dental amalgam
  2. a blend or combination
Etymology: 15th Century: from Medieval Latin amalgama, of obscure origin



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