amalgam
/əˈmælɡəm/
noun
- A mixture or combination of different things.
- Her cooking is an amalgam of flavors from her travels around the world.
- The new music was an amalgam of jazz, rock, and classical styles.
- The city's culture is an amalgam of many different immigrant traditions.
- An alloy of mercury with another metal, used especially in dentistry for fillings.
- The dentist used a silver amalgam to fill the cavity.
- Dental amalgam has been used for over a century to repair teeth.
- Some patients prefer composite fillings over amalgam for cosmetic reasons.
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