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    Synonyms and Definitions

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    amalgam


    1. [I should point out that, whilst the situations described above are true, they are presented here as an amalgam of the actual events for the sake of simplicity


    2. It was nothing more than a limp dishrag hodge-podge, an amalgam of history, geography, government, and civics


    3. Kwakiutl—Wakashan tribe (actually an amalgam of small related bands) that lived on both shores of Queen Charlotte Sound and northern Vancouver Island in southwestern British Columbia, Canada


    4. She began pouring water, universal amalgam that reduces to brew all the elements that are placed in it; Then some dried herbs threadbare (later I knew it was "peppermint") and from a blue bottle she added a few drops of castor oil; from a stalk of Aloe tore off four crystals and also threw them to the stew along with a thin branch of cinnamon


    5. It was a houses amalgam, very well built, flora, fauna and people of every gender and color, walking up down and coexisting in perfect harmony with the environment


    6. Only the side of his head, a hideous amalgam of flesh and metal was exposed


    7. amalgam of the best of both tradition and modernity


    8. Well, actually, neither the one nor the other, rather an amalgam of the two


    9. amalgam of lies, obfuscation, and misdirection throughout the New Testament and elsewhere


    10. Mixed with mercury, it forms an amalgam that takes the place of zinc in Bunsen cells

    11. And with this amalgam came his healing—and a new form of psychological therapy as well


    12. The main component of dental amalgam is mercury, which is released from the filling into the body


    13. “They are coiners on a large scale, and have used the machine to form the amalgam which has taken the place of silver


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    Synonyms for "amalgam"

    amalgam dental amalgam alloy admixture combination intermixture mixture reduction

    "amalgam" definitions

    an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams


    a combination or blend of diverse things