'Ingot' definitions:
Definition of 'ingot'
From: WordNet
noun
Metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling [syn: ingot, metal bar, block of metal]
Definition of 'Ingot'
From: GCIDE
- Ingot \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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. That in which metal is cast; a mold. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- And from the fire he took up his matter And in the ingot put it with merry cheer. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal. [1913 Webster]
- Wrought ingots from Besoara's mine. --Sir W. Jones. [1913 Webster]
- Ingot mold, a box or mold in which ingots are cast.
- Ingot iron. See Decarbonized steel, under Decarbonize. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ingot'
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