alloy

noun

1. The degree of mixture with base metals fineness
2. A substance composed of two or more metals or of a metal and a nonmetal intimately united usually by being fused together and dissolving in each other when molten
3. An admixture that lessens value
4. An impairing alien element
5. A compound, mixture, or union of different things

   "an ethnic alloy of many peoples"

6. A metal mixed with a more valuable metal to give durability or some other desired quality

verb

1. Temper, moderate
2. To impair or debase by admixture
3. To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable metal
4. To mix so as to form an alloy
5. To lend itself to being alloyed

   "iron alloys well"