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block of metal

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Noun1.block of metalblock of metal - metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling
ingot, metal bar
block - a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks"
bullion - gold or silver in bars or ingots
pig - a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace


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