Usually means: Metallic substance composed of elements.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. alloy: Merriam-Webster
  2. alloy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. alloy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. alloy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. alloy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Alloy, alloy: Wordnik
  7. alloy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. alloy: Wiktionary
  9. alloy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. alloy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. alloy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. alloy: Dictionary.com
  13. alloy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. alloy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Alloy (Marvel Comics), Alloy (Skepticism album), Alloy (Trillium album), Alloy (disambiguation), Alloy (specification language), Alloy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Alloy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. alloy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. alloy: Rhymezone
  19. alloy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. alloy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. alloy: FreeDictionary.org
  22. alloy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. alloy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. alloy: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. alloy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  26. alloy: Merriam-Webster

Art (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. alloy: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Body Piercing Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Coin Collecting Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Beading Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Alloy: Numismatic Dictionary
  6. Body Piercing Glossary (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. alloy: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ALLOY: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. alloy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. alloy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Medical Device Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  5. alloy: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. alloy: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Alloy: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Alloy: Bicycle Glossary

Tech (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Metal Terminology (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Composite Terms (No longer online)
  4. alloy: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary
  5. Alloy: Fiberglass Glossary
  6. alloy: Coin Collecting
  7. Bridge and Tunnels Terminology (No longer online)
  8. ALLOY: Power Engineering

(Note: See alloyed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.
noun:  (archaic) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.
noun:  An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
noun:  (figurative) Fusion, marriage, combination.
verb:  To mix or combine; often used of metals.
verb:  To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.
verb:  (figurative) To impair or debase by mixture.

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