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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : noun al-oi, uh-loi; verb uh-loi
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈæl ɔɪ, əˈlɔɪ; verb əˈlɔɪ



Definition of alloy

Origin :
  • early 14c. "relative freedom of a noble metal from alloy or other impurities," from Anglo-French alai, Old French aloi, from aloiier (see alloy (v.)). Meaning " base metal alloyed with a noble metal" is from c.1400. Modern spelling from late 17c.
  • noun mixture, usually of two metals
  • verb mix metals
  • verb adulterate
Example sentences :
  • The only alloy was that he could not understand what Leibnitz wanted.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • They were pleasures which had no alloy in her own humble lot, and why desert them?
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • An alloy is a special kind of solution not quite like an ordinary solution.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • For easily fusing, make an alloy of equal parts of brass and zinc.
  • Extract from : « Practical Mechanics for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
  • But with the alloy of perplexity her radiant visions faded, and she fell asleep.
  • Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
  • I can find no other reference with regard to this alloy mentioned by Lindeck.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • Of the two latter they formed an alloy, and made tools of the bronze.
  • Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock
  • In what way does the alloy make it better than the hardest steel?
  • Extract from : « The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns » by Roger Thompson Finlay
  • Terne plate is sheet-iron coated with an alloy of lead and tin.
  • Extract from : « Commercial Geography » by Jacques W. Redway
  • To the other technician the general said, "Get a chunk for verification of the alloy."
  • Extract from : « A Fine Fix » by R. C. Noll

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