alloy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- 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 hypernym
- heavy metal hyponym
- 18-karat gold hyponym
- 22-karat gold hyponym
- oroide hyponym
- Alnico hyponym
- amalgam hyponym
- fusible metal hyponym
- electrum hyponym
- pewter hyponym
- pinchbeck hyponym
- pot metal hyponym
- solder hyponym
- white gold hyponym
- type metal hyponym
- white metal hyponym
- Babbitt metal hyponym
- Britannia metal hyponym
- Carboloy hyponym
- steel hyponym
- cheoplastic metal hyponym
- copper-base alloy hyponym
- dental gold hyponym
- Duralumin hyponym
- Inconel hyponym
- Invar hyponym
- nickel-base alloy hyponym
- nickel silver hyponym
- pyrophoric alloy hyponym
- shot metal hyponym
- Stellite hyponym
- sterling silver hyponym
- tombac hyponym
- Wood's metal hyponym
Parts & wholes
- solid solution substance meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
Types & categories
- devalue hypernym
Related & opposite
- debaser derivation
- alloy derivation
- metallurgy domain topic
Sense 3 noun
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
Types & categories
- impureness hypernym
Sense 4 verb
make an alloy of
Types & categories
- mix hypernym
Related & opposite
- chemistry domain topic
- metallurgy domain topic
Table view of this graph
| 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 |