alloy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
brass is an alloy of zinc and copper
Types & categories
- mixture
- heavy metal
- 18-karat gold
- 22-karat gold
- oroide
- Alnico
- amalgam
- fusible metal
- electrum
- pewter
- pinchbeck
- pot metal
- solder
- white gold
- type metal
- white metal
- Babbitt metal
- Britannia metal
- Carboloy
- steel
- cheoplastic metal
- copper-base alloy
- dental gold
- Duralumin
- Inconel
- Invar
- nickel-base alloy
- nickel silver
- pyrophoric alloy
- shot metal
- Stellite
- sterling silver
- tombac
- Wood's metal
Parts & wholes
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Sense 2 verb
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
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Sense 3 noun
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
make an alloy of
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alloy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | metal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | metallic |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | solid solution |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mixture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heavy metal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | 18-karat gold |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | 22-karat gold |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oroide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Alnico |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amalgam |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fusible metal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pewter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinchbeck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pot metal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | solder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | white gold |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | type metal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | white metal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Babbitt metal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Britannia metal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Carboloy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | steel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cheoplastic metal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | copper-base alloy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dental gold |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Duralumin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Inconel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Invar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nickel-base alloy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nickel silver |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyrophoric alloy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shot metal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Stellite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sterling silver |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tombac |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Wood's metal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | debaser |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | alloy |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | metallurgy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | devalue |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | impureness |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | metallurgy |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | mix |