1. (noun)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
2. (noun)amalgam a combination or blend of diverse things "his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas"
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Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (noun)Amalgam an alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc
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