English Explanatory Dictionary

alloy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.
  2. A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.
  3. An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
  4. Fusion, marriage, combination.
verb
  1. To mix or combine; often used of metals.
  2. To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.
  3. To impair or debase by mixture.

Pronunciation

/ˈæ.lɔɪ/ /əˈlɔɪ/ en-us-alloy.ogg

Word forms

alloy alloys alloying alloyed

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French alloy, aloy, from Old French aloi, from aloiier, from Latin alligō.

Synonyms

alloy abase bastardize sophisticate adulter adulterate adulterize balderdash corrupt dash dilute embase

Related words

:Category:Alloys Alloys in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) in .

Derived words

alloyable alloy steel alloy wheel bioalloy Carboloy ceramal eutectic alloy ferroalloy Field's alloy Graphalloy Heusler alloy high-entropy alloy high entropy alloy Lipowitz's alloy magnesium alloy microalloy nanoalloy nonalloy octoalloy permalloy pyrophoric alloy realloy shape memory alloy skin forming alloy superalloy ternary alloy titanium alloy Wood's alloy
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