Definition of Alloy

(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.
  

(v. t.)
To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
  

(v. t.)
To form a metallic compound.
  

(v. t.)
To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
  

(v. t.)
The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
  

(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.
  

(v. t.)
Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.
  

(v. t.)
A baser metal mixed with a finer.
  

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alloy
\al*loy"\, v. t. to form a metallic compound. gold and iron alloy with ease.
alloy
\al*loy"\, n. [oe. alai, of. alei, f. aloyer, to alloy, alier to ally. see alloy, v. t.]
1. 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.
2. the quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
3. 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.
4. admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy. "pure english without latin alloy." harrison.
alloy
\al*loy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. alloyed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. alloying.] [f. aloyer, of. alier, allier, later allayer, fr. l. aligare. see alloy, n., ally, v. t., and cf. allay.] 1. to reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.
2. to mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
3. to abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

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Noun
1. a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"
(synonym) metal
(hypernym) mixture
(hyponym) heavy metal
(substance-meronym) solid solution, primary solid solution
(derivation) debase
2. the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
(synonym) admixture
(hypernym) impurity, impureness

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Verb
1. lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
(synonym) debase
(hypernym) devalue
(derivation) metal
(classification) metallurgy
2. make an alloy of
(hypernym) blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
(classification) chemistry, chemical science

material composed of two or more chemical elements, at least one of which is a metal

A substance having metallic properties and composed of two or more chemical elements of which at least one is a metal.

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Fear of metal

To dream of alloy, denotes your business will vex you in its complications. For a woman to dream of alloy, is significant of sorrow and trouble completely hiding pleasure.
  

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Compare with amalgam .A mixture containing mostly metals. For example, brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Steel contains iron and other metals, but also carbon.

A mixture of two or more metals combined to achieve properties, such as a lower melting point or greater strength, that the individual metals do not possess.

A mixture of two or more elements. Alloying is the addition of one or more elements to a pure metal to alter the pure metal's properties such as strength, elongation, weight reduction, etc.

A substance having metal properties and being composed of two or more chemical elements of which at least one is a metal.

a metallic substance that is composed of two or more elements.

process of "alloying" two or more substances together. An alloy is a combination of two or more elements where at least one element is a metal.

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