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amalgam | a combination or blend of diverse things | |
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amalgam, dental amalgam | 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 | |
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compound, combination, mix, mixture, blend, composite, amalgam | a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts |