English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of alloy

alloy

/noun/ मिश्र धातु; मिश्रित धातु; खोट; भरना;
/verb/खोटा करना; मिलावट करना; धतुमिश्रण करना; खोट मिलाना;

Synonym muntz; amalgam; flaw; cicatrization; adulterate;

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English Dictionary:

1. Alloy

[v. t.]

- Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.
- The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
- A baser metal mixed with a finer.
- Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.
- To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.
- To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
- To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
- To form a metallic compound.