alloy
1. al.loy \'al-.o.i, *-'lo.i\ n [MF aloi, fr. aloier to combine, fr. L
alligare to bind - m]ore at ALLY 1: the degree of mixture with base metals
: FINENESS 2: a substance composed of two or more metals or of a metal and
a nonmetal intimately united usu. by being fused together and dissolving
in each other when molten; also : the state of union of the components
archaic 3: a metal mixed with a more valuable metal to give durability or
some othe r desired quality 4: an admixture of something that debases
2. al.loy \*-'lo.i, 'al-.o.i\ vt 1: to reduce the purity of by mixing with
a less valuable metal 2: to mix so as to form an alloy 3: to debase by
admixture