Hypernyms for "alloy"
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18-karat gold
22-karat gold
Alnico
amalgam
babbitt
Babbitt metal
bearing metal
Britannia metal
Carboloy
cheoplastic metal
copper-base alloy
dental amalgam
dental gold
Duralumin
electrum
fusible metal
German silver
heavy metal
Inconel
Invar
nickel alloy
nickel silver
nickel-base alloy
oreide
oroide
pewter
pinchbeck
pot metal
pyrophoric alloy
shot metal
solder
steel
Stellite
sterling silver
tambac
tombac
tombak
type metal
white gold
white metal
Wood''s alloy
Wood''s metal
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.