alloy
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman alai, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French aloi, from aloiier.
Noun
alloy (countable and uncountable, plural alloys)
- A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
- (archaic) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.
- gold without alloy
- 1888, Arthur Talbot Vanderbilt, Gold Not Only in Wales, But Also in Great Britain and Ireland: Facts and Figures, page 17
- Many of these coins are preserved at the British Museum, in London, and at the Ashmolean Museum, in Oxford, and are all of pure gold, without alloy, and in a good state of preservation. Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, is also said to have […]
- An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
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- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume III, chapter 18:
- The sole grievance and alloy thus removed in the prospect of Harriet’s welfare, she was really in danger of becoming too happy for security.
- (figurative) Fusion, marriage, combination.
- 1986, 1987 Year Book
- SETH KITANGE TELEVISION AND RADIO Upheaval at CBS. […] Bill Moyers, a CBS News commentator and special correspondent, expressed his dismay in an interview with Newsweek in which he said, “Television news has never been pure. It has always been an alloy of journalism and show business.”
- 1986, 1987 Year Book
Derived terms
Translations
metal combined of more elements
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Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French aloiier (“assemble, join”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin alligare (“bind to, tie to”), compound of ad (“to”) + ligare (“to bind”).
Verb
alloy (third-person singular simple present alloys, present participle alloying, simple past and past participle alloyed)
- To mix or combine; often used of metals.
- To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.
- to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper
- (figurative) To impair or debase by mixture.
- to alloy pleasure with misfortunes
Translations
mix or combine
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See also
alloy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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