Definitions of alloy
v. t. - Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.
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v. t. - The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
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v. t. - A baser metal mixed with a finer.
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v. t. - Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.
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v. t. - To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.
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v. t. - To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
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v. t. - To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
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v. t. - To form a metallic compound.
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The word "alloy" uses 5 letters: A L L O Y.
Direct anagrams of alloy:
loyal
Words formed by adding one letter before or after alloy (in bold), or to alloy in any order:
r - orally s - alloys v - ovally
Shorter words found within alloy:
al all ally ay la lay lo olla oy ya yo
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