English Dictionary

amalgam

/əˈmæl.ɡəm/

noun

(metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury. / A combination of different things. / One of the ingredients in an alloy.

Dentists often use amalgam to fill cavities.

意味（1）

(metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.

意味（2）

A combination of different things.

This was the Ambergate, Nottingham & Boston & Eastern Junction Railway, an amalgam of a number of separate schemes put forward in 1845, which secured its Act on July 16, 1846.

意味（3）

One of the ingredients in an alloy.