amalgamation
the act or process of amalgamating.
the state or result of being amalgamated.
Commerce. a consolidation of two or more corporations.
Metallurgy. the extraction of precious metals from their ores by treatment with mercury.
Origin of amalgamation
1Other words from amalgamation
- pre·a·mal·ga·ma·tion, noun
- re·a·mal·ga·ma·tion, noun
Words Nearby amalgamation
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How to use amalgamation in a sentence
His first conversations are about how, despite being a genetic amalgamation of the most revered Krogan ancestors, he feels nothing for the Krogan, nor their plight.
Every ‘Mass Effect’ squadmate, ranked from a storytelling perspective | Jhaan Elker | June 4, 2021 | Washington PostHowever, younger Indigenous groups are combining traditional languages with modern English to spur a new surge in linguistic diversity, with amalgamations such as Kriol being spoken by tens of thousands across Australia.
In that time, their culture was completely integrated into British culture and then became these subcultures of ska and punk, which came later as an amalgamation of the two cultures.
UK Singer Celeste Is Bridging The Gap In Soul From Across The Pond | Brande Victorian | March 12, 2021 | Essence.comEverybody else was based on someone I knew, or an amalgamation.
Overall, the site appears like an amalgamation of some of the most odious factions of social media, centralized on one platform that’s attracted millions of users.
These were sort of sober witnesses to the madness, so it was an amalgamation of thoughts of different women from the time.
Each model is an amalgamation of many different women; eyes from one, lips from another.
Mary Katrantzou and Garjan Atwood, in O Sense | Lisa Larson-Walker | January 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe GOP today is a rump amalgamation of plutocrats and the people who service their air conditioning.
Michael Tomasky: Obama Is Winning Because of the Shrinking GOP | Michael Tomasky | July 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThis sparkly amalgamation of sailor suit and negligee lives forever in infamy.
The Gore Vidal character is an amalgamation of Gore Vidal and Edmund White.
Such amalgamation, they considered, need not be effected at one time, but should be accomplished gradually.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowOr, if not, were they to exist by amalgamation with the European stocks, and thus contribute the elements of a new race?
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftThis is reflected in the terms of amalgamation with the Great Western Company.
The Story of the Cambrian | C. P. GasquoineIt proposes the amalgamation of civilization with barbarism.
The Right of American Slavery | True Worthy HoitThus amalgamation of races insures the conditions of primary social contacts most favorable for assimilation.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. Park
British Dictionary definitions for amalgamation
/ (əˌmælɡəˈmeɪʃən) /
the action or process of amalgamating
the state of being amalgamated
a method of extracting precious metals from their ores by treatment with mercury to form an amalgam
commerce another word for merger (def. 1)
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