alloy
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman alai, from Old French aloi, from aloiier.
[edit] Noun
alloy (plural alloys)
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metal combined of more elements
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Old French aloiier (“assemble, join”), from Latin alligare (“bind to, tie to”), compound of ad (“to”) + ligare (“to bind”).
[edit] Verb
alloy (third-person singular simple present alloys, present participle alloying, simple past and past participle alloyed)
- mix or combine; often used of metals
[edit] Translations
mix or combine
[edit] See also
Alloy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Alloys in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.