alloy

«alloy» in Mova's school dictionary: a metal made by mixing two or more metals, or a metal… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an alloy, alloys); verb (alloy, alloys, alloyed, alloying)

meaning for a pupil

1) An alloy is a metal made by mixing two or more metals, or a metal with another element, to make it stronger or better. tree →

2) Alloy wheels are car wheels made of a light metal alloy. tree →

3) To alloy means to mix metals together to make an alloy. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on materials and mixtures: steel (iron + carbon), brass (copper + zinc), bronze (copper + tin); history (the Bronze Age); in everyday life, coins, bikes and wheels are made of alloys.

examples

• Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. tree →
• Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. tree →
• Coins are usually made of alloys. tree →
• Dad's car has shiny alloy wheels. tree →
• Alloys can be harder than pure metals. tree →
• The Bronze Age began when people learned to make a new alloy. tree →

note

Countable: an alloy, alloys. Uses «an» because it starts with a vowel sound. Science: an alloy is a mixture, not a new compound.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «alloy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.