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Meaning of INGOT

Pronunciation:  'inggut

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a block of metal that is cast in a particular shape for convenient handling
 
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 Synonyms: block of metal, metal bar
 
 See Also: block, bullion, pig

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In"got\, n. [Prob. from AS. in in + ge['o]tan to pour:
cf. F. linglot, LL. lingotus a mass of gold or silver,
extended in the manner of a tongue, and G. einguss, LG. & OE.
ingot ingot, a mold for casting metals in. See {Found} to
cast, and cf. {Linget}, {Lingot}, {Nugget}.]
1. That in which metal is cast; a mold. [Obs.]
         And from the fire he took up his matter And in the
         ingot put it with merry cheer.        --Chaucer.
2. A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal,
   cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.
         Wrought ingots from Besoara's mine.   --Sir W.
                                               Jones.
{Ingot mold}, a box or mold in which ingots are cast.
{Ingot iron}. See {Decarbonized steel}, under {Decarbonize}.
 
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 Related Terms: bar, billet, bullion, button, cast, casting, coin gold, coin silver, copper, gate, gold, gold nugget, nickel, nugget, pig, precious metals, regulus, rod, sheet metal, silver, slab, sow, stick, strip, yellow stuff
 

 

 

 

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