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amalgam
noun(a-mal-gam)
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
Synonyms: dental amalgam,
amalgam
noun(a-mal-gam)
a combination or blend of diverse things
Examples:
His theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas.

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