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amalgamation

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgam?ti?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??mæl???me???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n
  • Hyphenation: a?mal?ga?ma?tion

Noun

amalgamation (countable and uncountable, plural amalgamations)

  1. The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
  2. The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
    1. (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
  3. (obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races. [in the US, supplanted after 1863 by miscegenation; elsewhere, in use into the 1900s]

Related terms

  • amalgam
  • amalgamate

Translations


French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin amalgam?ti?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.mal.?a.ma.sj??/
  • Homophone: amalgamations

Noun

amalgamation f (plural amalgamations)

  1. amalgamation

Further reading

  • “amalgamation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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assortment

English

Etymology

assort +? -ment

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??s??tm?nt/

Noun

assortment (plural assortments)

  1. A collection of varying but related items.
    This box has an assortment of chocolates. There's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.

Synonyms

  • diversity, Whitman's sampler
  • See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge

Translations

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