English-Spanish translations for alloy

• aleación
• alear

Definition of alloy

• A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal
• An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc
• Fusion, marriage, combination
• To mix or combine; often used of metals
• To impair or debase by mixture

Examples

• gold without alloy
• to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper
• to alloy pleasure with misfortunes

Related words

• unalloyed
• ferroalloy
• nanoalloy
• superalloy
• zircalloy
• permalloy
• halloysite
• pseudoalloy
• alloy wheel