HOW TO PRONOUNCE
amalgam
/əˈmælɡəm/
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uh-MAL-gum: the middle syllable takes the main beat.
The g has the hard sound of “go.” Keep the first and last vowels light, with a short a in the stressed MAL.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The artwork was an amalgam of several printing techniques.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does amalgam mean?
noun
- An alloy containing mercury.
- A combination of different things.
- One of the ingredients in an alloy.
More meanings (2)
noun
- An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities.
verb
- (archaic) To amalgamate (something) with a thing.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈmælɡəm/
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“They are coiners on a large scale, and have used the machine to form the amalgam which has taken the place of silver.”
Algebra is the oracle of the absolute truth, because it reveals nothing but what the mind had hidden in it under an amalgam of symbols.
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If a thin amalgam cover the surface of a gold ring or coin, Hg can be removed with HNO3, as Au is not attacked by it.
From many different points of view discerning critics have celebrated the autobiographic vein--the self-revealing turn, the self-portraiture, the quaint, genial, yet really child-like egotistic and even dreamy element that lies like an amalgam, behind all Stevenson's work.
Recently amalgam fillings have been used in bone-cavities to supplant grafting.