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🔩 Mixed for strength 💰 Mixed with cheaper metal
alloyed

alloyed

6.1
A metal combined with other metals to make it stronger or work better
  • adjective
  • /əˈlɔɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : aleado
  • The jewelry is made from an alloyed metal that combines gold and silver for enhanced durability.

It is effectively soft aluminum, which just means, I believe straight an alloyed aluminum.

Examples

  • The alloyed steel used in construction provides better resistance to rust and wear.

  • Manufacturers often use alloyed metals to create stronger and lighter parts for airplanes.

  • Oh the Energel alloy liquid gel roller pen that is beautiful and gold.

Antonyms

unalloyed
3 8.0

Pure and not mixed with anything else

How Alloyed

alloyed
  • Specialized
6.8
alloyed
  • Specialized
6.1
unalloyed
3 8.0

Surface Forms

alloyed positive

Morphology

alloyed = alloy (transparent) = alloy + ed

Standard adjectival/past-participle formation from the verb 'alloy', directly indicating that the metal has been combined with other elements.

Etymology

Alloyed comes from the old French word aloi, which meant 'value' or 'property', and the idea moved to metals 'mixed' to change what they can do. So when metals are combined to make them stronger or less likely to rust, we call them alloyed because the mix changes their useful properties.