amalgam - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
amalgam
Definition (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
Definition (noun) a combination or blend of diverse things
Example Sentence
his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for amalgam
Amalgam , remember balgam (in Hindi).. the yellow sticky fluid that comes out of our mouth when we cough.. Its a mixture of all kinds of weird things - saliva, mucus, etc.
amalgum ~ a + mal + gum; imagine that you went to a shopping mall to buy gum to stick few things together.
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