alloy
| 1. |
(verb) make an alloy of (metals) |
|
Related Words: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
|
| 2. |
(noun) a mixture of two or more metals or of metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten |
|
Related Words: Babbitt metal, Britannia metal, Carboloy, Duralumin, German silver, Inconel, Invar, Stellite, Wood's alloy, Wood's metal, alnico, amalgam, babbitt, cheoplastic metal, copper-base alloy, dental amalgam, dental gold, electrum, fusible metal, metal, metallic element, mixture, nickel alloy, nickel silver, nickel-base alloy, pewter, pinchbeck, pyrophoric alloy, shot metal, solder, steel, sterling silver, tambac, tombac, tombak, type metal, white gold, white metal |
|
| 3. |
(verb) lower in value by increasing the base-metal content; of metals |
|
Synonyms: debase |
|
Related Words: devalue |
|
| 4. |
(noun) the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something |
|
Synonyms: admixture |
|
Related Words: impureness, impurity |
|
|