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Adjective: alloyed  'a,loyd
  1. (used of metals) blended to obtain a desired property
    "The alloyed steel was stronger than pure iron"
     
  2. (used of metals) debased by mixture with an inferior element
    "The alloyed gold jewellery was less valuable than pure gold"
Verb: alloy  'a,loy
  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

See also: blended, impure

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

Encyclopedia: Alloyed

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