Sunday, July 16, 2006

 

Amalgam


Avui comencem una nova sèrie de posts sobre "paraules angleses en desús" ... o no tant en desús ;-), és l'edició anglesa de la ja àmpliament coneguda sèrie "Columna Amalgama"

La paraula de la columna d'avui és:






amalgamate

A verb mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"


B adjective amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused
joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school"






Today we start a new series of posts about "discontinued words", this is a new edition of wide spread known "Columna Amalgama".

Today's column word is:






amalgamate

A verb mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"


B adjective amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated, fused
joined together into a whole; "United Industries"; "the amalgamated colleges constituted a university"; "a consolidated school"




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