amalgamation

The process of joining things together, or the mixture that this produces.

• The amalgamation took several months.
• Their music is an amalgamation of several styles.
• The councils approved the amalgamation of the two towns.

How to use it: amalgamation of A and B (The design is an amalgamation of old and new styles.)

Similar words: combination, merger, mixture, fusion

Opposites: separation

Common phrases: amalgamation of something, gradual amalgamation

An organization created by joining two or more organizations together.

• The new amalgamation employs five hundred people.
• Our association is an amalgamation of several local groups.
• This amalgamation now represents workers across the whole industry.

How to use it: an amalgamation of organizations (The union is an amalgamation of three smaller unions.)

Common phrases: new amalgamation, amalgamation of companies