Alloy is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter A and ends with the letter Y for which we found 5 definitions.
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(v. t.) Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example brass which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals the compound is called an amalgam. |
(v. t.) The quality or comparative purity of gold or silver; fineness. |
(v. t.) A baser metal mixed with a finer. |
(v. t.) Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as no happiness is without alloy. |
(v. t.) To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as to alloy gold with silver or copper or silver with copper. |
The word alloy is a 5 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for alloy is: al-loy