Usually means: Mixture or blend of elements.
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We found 43 dictionaries that define the word amalgam:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. amalgam: Merriam-Webster
  2. amalgam: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. amalgam: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. amalgam: Collins English Dictionary
  5. amalgam: Vocabulary.com
  6. Amalgam, amalgam: Wordnik
  7. amalgam: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. amalgam: Wiktionary
  9. amalgam: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. amalgam: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. amalgam: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. amalgam: Dictionary.com
  13. amalgam: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Amalgam (chemistry), Amalgam (dentistry), Amalgam (disambiguation), Amalgam: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Amalgam: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. amalgam: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. amalgam: Rhymezone
  18. Amalgam: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. amalgam: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. amalgam: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. amalgam: FreeDictionary.org
  22. amalgam: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. amalgam: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. amalgam: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  25. amalgam: Merriam-Webster

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Amalgam: Glossary of Health Care Terms
  2. amalgam: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. amalgam: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. amalgam: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Amalgam: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Orthodontic Terms (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. amalgam: Medical dictionary
  7. Oral Health Definitions for Non-Dentists (No longer online)
  8. Amalgam: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. AMALGAM: Acronym Finder

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Electrochemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. amalgam: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. amalgam: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
noun:  A combination of different things.
noun:  One of the ingredients in an alloy.
noun:  (dentistry) An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities.
verb:  (ambitransitive, archaic) To amalgamate (something) with a thing.

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