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Amalgam

British pronunciation/ɐmˈælɡæm/
American pronunciation/əˈmæɫɡəm/
Amalgam
[NOUN]
1

a combination or blend of different things

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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
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Examples
1Truck art is an amalgam of different influences, old and new, religious and secular, meaningful and trendy.
2Imagine an amalgam of his characters from James Bond and The Hollow Crown.
3The dragon is an amalgam of predatory stimuli.
4The couple's home is reportedly an amalgam of various religious representations.
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