different between amalgam vs stew
amalgam
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic ???????????? (al-mal?am, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from ??????? (maláss?, “to soften”), from ??????? (malakós, “soft”). Doublet of malagma. For the verb, compare French amalgamer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mæl.??m/
- Hyphenation: a?mal?gam
Noun
amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)
- (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
- A combination of different things.
- One of the ingredients in an alloy.
Synonyms
- alloy, blend, combo, compound, conglomerate, mixture
Related terms
- amalgamate
- amalgamation
Translations
Verb
amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)
- (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To amalgamate.
- a. 1691, Robert Boyle, An Essay on the Porousness of Solid Bodies
- I had once occasion to distill in a small retort some gold amalgamed with such a fine and subtile mercur
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
- gold t'amalgam with some six of mercury
- a. 1691, Robert Boyle, An Essay on the Porousness of Solid Bodies
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “amalgam”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Amalgam”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “amalgam”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
- “amalgam”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- malagma
Romanian
Etymology
From French amalgame, from Latin amalgama.
Noun
amalgam n (plural amalgame)
- amalgam
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /am?l?a?m/
- Hyphenation: a?mal?gam
Noun
amàlg?m m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)
- amalgam
Declension
Swedish
Noun
amalgam n
- amalgam
Declension
amalgam From the web:
- what amalgamation means
- what amalgamation
- what's amalgam filling
- what's amalgamation process
- what's amalgam restoration
- what amalgamation definition
- what's amalgam carrier
- amalgam means
stew
English
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /st???/
- (UK) IPA(key): /stju?/, /st?u?/
- (US) enPR: sto?o, IPA(key): /stu/
- Rhymes: -u?
- Hyphenation: stew
Etymology 1
From Middle English stewe, stue, from Anglo-Norman estouve, Old French estuve (“bath, bathhouse”) (modern French étuve), from Medieval Latin stupha, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *extuf?re, from ex- + Ancient Greek ????? (tûphos, “smoke, steam”), from ???? (túph?, “to smoke”). See also Italian stufare, Portuguese estufar. Compare also Old English stuf-bæþ (“a hot-air bath, vapour bath”); see stove.
Noun
stew (usually uncountable, plural stews)
- (obsolete) A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron. [14th-17thc.]
- (now historical) A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath. [from 14thc.]
- (archaic) A brothel. [from 14thc.]
- 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
- And rak'd, for converts, even the court and stews.
- 1835, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh
- Because he was chaste, the precinct of his temple is filled with licensed stews.
- 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society, 2006, p.37:
- Although whores were permitted to sit at the door of the stew, they could not solicit in any way nor ‘chide or throw stones’ at passers-by.
- 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
- (obsolete) A prostitute.
- 1650, Anthony Weldon, The Court and Character of King James I
- But it was so plotted betwixt the Lady, her Husband, and Bristol, that instead of that beauty, he had a notorious Stew sent him, and surely his carriage there was so lascivious...
- 1650, Anthony Weldon, The Court and Character of King James I
- (uncountable, countable) A dish cooked by stewing. [from 18thc.]
- 1870, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Wordsworth Classics, 1998, p.367:
- I noticed then that there was nothing to drink on the table but brandy, and nothing to eat but salted herrings, and a hot, sickly, highly peppered stew.
- 1870, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Wordsworth Classics, 1998, p.367:
- (Sussex) A pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating; a stew pond.
- (US, regional) An artificial bed of oysters.
- (slang) A state of agitated excitement, worry, and/or confusion.
Synonyms
- (food) casserole, (Britain) hotpot
Coordinate terms
- casserole
- cassoulet
- goulash
- ragout
Derived terms
- cowboy stew
- Irish stew
- in a stew
- sonofabitch stew / son-of-a-gun stew
- stewpot
See also
- stew pond on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- List of stews on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations
Verb
stew (third-person singular simple present stews, present participle stewing, simple past and past participle stewed)
- (transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.
- I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.
- The meat is stewing nicely.
- (transitive) To brew (tea) for too long, so that the flavour becomes too strong.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
Synonyms
- (suffer under hot conditions): bake, boil, sweat, swelter
- (be in a state of elevated anxiety): brood, fret, sweat, worry
Translations
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of steward or stewardess.
Noun
stew (plural stews)
- A steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.
- 1975 November 3, Mordecai Richler, "The Perils of Maureen", New York, volume 8, number 44, page 8 [1]:
- And then, working as a stew for American Airlines, Mo met another older man […] .
- 1991, Tom Clancy, The Sum of All Fears, 1992 edition, ?ISBN, page 480 [2]:
- " […] We want to know what he's going to be saying on his airplane."
- "I don't have the legs to dress up as a stew, doc. Besides, I never learned to do the tea ceremony, either."
- 1992 January, Skip Hollandsworth, "Doing the Hustle", Texas Monthly, ISSN 0148-7736, volume 20, issue 1, page 52 [3]:
- Dallas was also becoming known as a "stew zoo" because so many flight attendants were relocating there to work for Southwest, Braniff, and American Airlines.
- 1975 November 3, Mordecai Richler, "The Perils of Maureen", New York, volume 8, number 44, page 8 [1]:
Anagrams
- Tews, West, ewts, tews, west, wets
stew From the web:
- what steward to pick shadowlands
- what stewardship means
- what steward means
- what stew means
- what stew boosts construction
- what steward should i choose wow
- what stewardesses notice about passengers
you may also like
- amalgam vs stew
- commit vs restrain
- caution vs consideration
- madness vs obsession
- remove vs uproot
- group vs compile
- change vs emend
- troublesome vs involved
- passage vs pavement
- dislike vs unacceptableness
- secure vs learn
- spur vs annoyance
- resident vs occupier
- alteration vs restyling
- displeasure vs disquiet
- powerful vs husky
- laborious vs complex
- ignorant vs unversed
- animation vs ferment
- aggregation vs brood