amalgam
IPA: ʌmˈæɫgʌm
noun
- (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
- A combination of different things.
- One of the ingredients in an alloy.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To amalgamate (something) with a thing.
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Examples of "amalgam" in Sentences
- To amalgamate means to annex.
- The two organizations were amalgamated.
- The store was amalgamated into the company.
- The culture is best described as an amalgam.
- They decided to amalgamate the two companies.
- They had no choice but to amalgamate the company.
- The institute is the amalgamation of a few societies.
- I strongly oppose the amalgamation of it with the Ubu.
- The little company was amalgamated by the conglomerates.
- In 1999 came the amalgamation of the community of Affalter.
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