Alloy vs. Aluminum

Alloynoun

A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.

Alloynoun

(archaic) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.

Alloynoun

An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.

Alloynoun

(figurative) Fusion, marriage, combination.

Alloyverb

To mix or combine; often used of metals.

Alloyverb

To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.

Alloyverb

(figurative) To impair or debase by mixture.

Alloynoun

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.

Alloynoun

The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.

Alloynoun

A baser metal mixed with a finer.

Alloynoun

Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.

Alloyverb

To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.

Alloyverb

To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.

Alloyverb

To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

Alloyverb

To form a metallic compound.

Alloynoun

a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten;

Alloynoun

the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

Alloyverb

lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

Alloyverb

make an alloy of

Alloy

An alloy is an admixture of metals, or a metal combined with one or more other elements. For example, combining the metallic elements gold and copper produces red gold, gold and silver becomes white gold, and silver combined with copper produces sterling silver.

Aluminumnoun

A metallic chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.

Aluminumnoun

(countable) A single atom of this element.

Aluminumnoun

(slang) Aircraft or other machinery made partially or wholly of aluminum.

Aluminumnoun

The metallic element forming the base of alumina. This metal is white, but with a bluish tinge, and is remarkable for its resistance to oxidation, and for its lightness, having a specific gravity of about 2.6. Atomic weight 27.08. Symbol Al. Also called aluminium.

Aluminumnoun

a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite