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[syn: ingot, metal bar, block of metal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
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1. That in which metal is cast; a mold. [Obs.]
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And from the fire he took up his matter
And in the ingot put it with merry cheer. --Chaucer.
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2. A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal,
cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.
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Wrought ingots from Besoara's mine. --Sir W.
Jones.
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Ingot mold, a box or mold in which ingots are cast.
Ingot iron. See Decarbonized steel, under Decarbonize.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ingot
n 1: metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient
handling [syn: ingot, metal bar, block of metal]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "ingot":
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