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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling;
[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.] [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]
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