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Amalgam
/ɐmˈælɡæm/
/əˈmæɫɡəm/
Amalgam
[NOUN]2
an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
synonyms : dental amalgam
Examples
1. Truck art is an amalgam of different influences, old and new, religious and secular, meaningful and trendy.
2. Imagine an amalgam of his characters from James Bond and The Hollow Crown.
3. The dragon is an amalgam of predatory stimuli.
4. The couple's home is reportedly an amalgam of various religious representations.
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