alloy
alloy is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
- 2.A baser metal mixed with a finer. Fine silver is silver without the mixture of any baser metal. Alloy is baser metal mixed with it. Locke.
- 3.Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy. "Pure English without Latin alloy." F. Harrison.
- 4.To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.
- 5.To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
- 6.To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
- 7.To form a metallic compound. Gold and iron alloy with ease. Ure.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absorb
- absorption
- amalgam
- amalgamate
- amalgamation
- blend
- blending
- cement
- centralization
- centralize
- coalesce
- coalescence
- combination
- combine
- combined
- composition
- compound
- consolidate
- crasis
- embodiment
- embody
- fuse
- fusion
- impregnate
- impregnation
- incorporate
- incorporation
- into
- junction
- lump
- marry
- melt
- merge
- mixture
- one
- put
- quid
- reembody
- resultant
- synthesis
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is alloy.
- What is the quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness called?
- What is a baser metal mixed with a finer. Fine silver is silver without the mixture of any baser metal. Alloy is baser metal mixed with it. Locke called?
- What is admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy. "Pure English without Latin alloy." F. Harrison called?
- What is to reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper called?
- What is to mix, as metals, so as to form a compound called?
- What is to abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes called?
- What is to form a metallic compound. Gold and iron alloy with ease. Ure called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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