nld: amalgaam

Information
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Meaning
means	(noun) 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 amalgam, dental amalgam
means	(noun) a combination or blend of diverse things; "his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas" amalgam