DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
amalgam
/ə'mælgəm/ · əmælgəm
Amalgam has 3 syllables: a · mal · gam.
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mal
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gam
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noun. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams.
noun. A combination or blend of diverse things.
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