Meaning

4 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.

    Legierung

    сплавsplav

    сплавsplav, стопstop

  2. (countable, uncountable)An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.

  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A fusion, marriage or combination.

  4. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.

    gold without alloy

More definitions
  • a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
  • the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

Examples

14 sentences

  1. The alloy can withstand high pressures.

    ruЭтот сплав выдерживает высокое давление. — Ooneykcall

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  2. That's not iron, but some alloy.

    ruЭто не железо, а какой-то сплав. — marafon

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  3. They developed an entirely new steel alloy.

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  4. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.

    ruЛатунь - это сплав меди с цинком. — shanghainese

    deMessing ist eine Legierung aus Kupfer und Zink. — xtofu80

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  5. Cast iron is an alloy of iron and carbon.

    ruЧугун — это сплав железа с углеродом. — estong

    deGusseisen ist eine Legierung von Eisen und Karbon. — Tamy

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Translations

9 languages
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By meaning 1
metal combined of more elements:
Русский
By meaning 1
metal combined of more elements:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
metal combined of more elements:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French alloy, aloy, from Old French aloi, from aloiier, from Latin al

Borrowed from Middle French alloy, aloy, from Old French aloi, from aloiier, from Latin alligō.

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Forms

plural: alloys
Singularalloy
Pluralalloys

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten:metal
  • the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something:admixture

Word family

20 related words
Derivedalloyablealloy steelalloy wheelbioalloyceramaleutectic alloyferroalloyhigh-entropy alloymagnesium alloymicroalloynanoalloynonalloyoctoalloypermalloypyrophoric alloyrealloystaballoysuperalloyternary alloytitanium alloy

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
allotmentC2allowA2allowanceB1allsalludeC2allure

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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