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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026al•loy /n. ˈælɔɪ, əˈlɔɪ; v. əˈlɔɪ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
- Metallurgya substance made up of two or more metals.
- anything added that serves to reduce quality or purity.
- any mixture of things:an alloy of good and evil.
v. [~ + object]
- Metallurgyto mix (metals or metal with nonmetal) so as to form an alloy.
See unalloyed.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026al•loy
(n. al′oi, ə loi′;v. ə loi′),USA pronunciation n.
- Metallurgya substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.
- Metallurgya less costly metal mixed with a more valuable one.
- standard;
quality;
fineness.
- admixture, as of good with evil.
- anything added that serves to reduce quality or purity.
v.t.
- Metallurgyto mix (metals or metal with nonmetal) so as to form an alloy.
- Metallurgyto reduce in value by an admixture of a less costly metal.
- to debase, impair, or reduce by admixture;
adulterate.
- Anglo-French allai
- Latin alligāre to bind up, equivalent. to al- al- + ligāre to bind (see ally, ligament); replacing earlier allay, Middle English
- Middle French aloi, Old French alei, noun, nominal derivative of aleier to combine
- 1590–1600
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fusion, blend, composite.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
alloy / ˈælɔɪ əˈlɔɪ/- a metallic material, such as steel, brass, or bronze, consisting of a mixture of two or more metals or of metallic elements with nonmetallic elements. Alloys often have physical properties markedly different from those of the pure metals
- something that impairs the quality or reduces the value of the thing to which it is added
/ əˈlɔɪ/(transitive)- to add (one metal or element to another metal or element) to obtain a substance with a desired property
- to debase (a pure substance) by mixing with an inferior element
- to diminish or impair
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French aloi a mixture, from aloier to combine, from Latin alligāre, from ligāre to bind
'alloy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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