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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
amalgam
amal·gam [amalgam amalgams] BrE [əˈmælɡəm] NAmE [əˈmælɡəm] noun 1. countable, usually singular ~ (of sth) (formal)a mixture or combination of things •The film script is an amalgam of all three books. •an amalgam of several companies and organizations 2. uncountable (technical)a mixture of ↑mercury and another metal, used especially to fill holes in teeth Word Origin: late 15th cent.: from French amalgame or medieval Latin amalgama, from Greek malagma ‘an emollient’.
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