Adjective: alloyed 'a,loyd
- (used of metals) blended to obtain a desired property
"The alloyed steel was stronger than pure iron"
- (used of metals) debased by mixture with an inferior element
"The alloyed gold jewellery was less valuable than pure gold"
- (metallurgy) make an alloy of
"They alloyed copper and tin to create bronze"
- (metallurgy) lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
"They debased the gold coins by alloying them with copper";
- debase
Type of: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, devalue, fuse, immix [archaic], meld, merge, mix
Encyclopedia: Alloyed
Alloy, West Virginia