MEANING
1. A metallic material combining a metal with one or more other elements.
2. Mix a metal with another element to form an alloy.
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Words that belong together
- aluminum alloy
- corrosion-resistant alloy
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A lightweight alloy reduced the vehicle's mass.
Word forms
- Base
- alloy
- Past tense
- alloyed
- Past participle
- alloyed
- Present participle
- alloying
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular alloy; plural alloys. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, technology. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: alloys.
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