Crossword-Solution: ALLOY
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Alloy | 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. |
| Alloy | v. t. | The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness. |
| Alloy | v. t. | A baser metal mixed with a finer. |
| Alloy | v. t. | Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy. |
| 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. |
| Alloy | v. t. | To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound. |
| Alloy | v. t. | To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes. |
| Alloy | v. t. | To form a metallic compound. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ALLOY | anagram | LOYAL |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with ALLOY (5)
But then—by a kind of necessity that always impelled this child to alloy whatever comfort she might chance to give with a throb of anguish—Pearl put up her mouth and kissed the scarlet letter, too.
The notion is that one of whatever it is has actually been cast in platinum-iridium alloy and placed in the vault beside the Standard Kilogram at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris.
His exaltation had but one alloy—the memory of his humiliation in this angel’s garden—and that record in sand was fast washing out, under the waves of happiness that were sweeping over it now.
The real evils, indeed, of Emma’s situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself; these were the disadvantages which threatened alloy to her many enjoyments.
But in sorrow she must be equally carried away by her fancy, and as far beyond consolation as in pleasure she was beyond alloy.
Quotes with ALLOY (3)
Mr. Smith yelled at the doctor, What have you done to my boy? He's not flesh and blood, he's aluminum alloy!" The doctor said gently, What I'm going to saywill sound pretty wild. But you're not the father of this strange looking child. You see, there still is some questionabout the child's gender, but we think that its fatheris a microwave blender.
Money and religion are perfect alloy.
Robot Boy Mr. an Mrs. Smith had a wonderful life. They were a normal, happy husband and wife. One day they got news that made Mr. Smith glad. Mrs. Smith would would be a momwhich would make him the dad! But something was wrong with their bundle of joy. It wasn't human at all, it was a robot boy! He wasn't warm and cuddlyand he didn't have skin. Instead there was a cold, thin layer of tin. There were wires and tubes sticking out of his head. He just lay there and stared, not l…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 163 times in crossword archives (1946–2024).