1. A metallic material made by combining two or more metals, or metals with non-metals
   "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper";
   - metal
    
2. The addition of a less valuable substance that reduces purity or worth
   "The alloy of copper in the gold jewellery decreased its value";
   - admixture

1. (metallurgy) make an alloy of
   "They alloyed copper and tin to create bronze"
    
2. (metallurgy) lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
   "They debased the gold coins by alloying them with copper";
   - debase

Derived forms: alloyed, alloying, alloys

Type of: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, devalue, fuse, immix [archaic], impureness, impurity, meld, merge, mix, mixture

Encyclopedia: Alloy, West Virginia