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Definition of amalgam
1 : a mixture of different elements an amalgam of musical forms The crowd was an amalgam of young and old.
2 : an alloy of mercury with another metal that is solid or liquid at room temperature according to the proportion of mercury present and is used especially in making tooth cements
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Examples of amalgam in a Sentence
a church that is an amalgam of traditional and modern architectural styles
Recent Examples of amalgam from the Web
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An amalgam of brains and brawn, the little discs turned the punk world on its head.
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Dana Rohrabacher is a Republican from California with a peculiar amalgam of views: pro-marijuana, dubious about climate change, pro-torture.
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Perhaps marriage is a matter of romance, an amalgam of love and chemistry, a choice made for reasons spiritual, soulful and biological.
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But there was no single political doctrine; for most of its existence (1962-69), SDS was an amalgam of left-liberal, socialist, anarchist and increasingly Marxist currents and tendencies.
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They’re technology-and-advertising hybrids—strange amalgams with incredible power.
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Madame L, a 2010 vintage that is an amalgam of Old and New World vines, is her personal dedication to the modern woman.
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Its narrative in this country includes an early chapter set in colonial times, when German immigrants made scrapple, an amalgam of ground pork and cornmeal that established the meat-starch union at the core of most meatloaves.
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The music of the giddily inventive William Brittelle, the Nelson Riddle of the young Brooklyn set, is a synthetically overripe amalgam of minimalism, rock, electronica, and lush orchestral studio tracks—the sonic equivalent of new-car smell.
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Origin and Etymology of amalgam
Middle English amalgame, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin amalgama
AMALGAM Defined for English Language Learners
amalgam
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: a combination or mixture of different things
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: a mixture of mercury and other metals used for filling holes in teeth
Medical Dictionary
amalgam
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: an alloy of mercury with another metal that is solid or liquid at room temperature according to the proportion of mercury present and is used especially in making tooth cements
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