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amalgam

/əˈmæl.ɡəm/ noun C2
  1. An alloy containing mercury. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A combination of different things. (countable, uncountable)
  3. One of the ingredients in an alloy. (countable, uncountable)
  4. An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities. (countable, uncountable)

Plural amalgams

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Children born in the new colony were constantly exposed to a chaotic amalgam of pronunciations, intonations, and specialized vocabularies.
The Evolution of the Australian Voice, p. 1 · C2

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