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ingot

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in·got  (nggt)
n.
1. A mass of metal, such as a bar or block, that is cast in a standard shape for convenient storage or shipment.
2. A casting mold for metal.

[Middle English, mold for casting metal : probably in-, in; see in-2 + Old English goten, past participle of geotan, to pour, or perhaps from Old French lingot, metal ingot (reinterpreted as l'ingot : le, the + *ingot, ingot).]

ingot [ˈɪŋgət]
n
(Engineering / Metallurgy) a piece of cast metal obtained from a mould in a form suitable for storage, transporting, and further use
vb
(Engineering / Metallurgy) (tr) to shape (metal) into ingots
[perhaps from in-2 + Old English goten, past participle of geotan to pour]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ingotingot - metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling
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
Translations
ingot [ˈɪŋgət]
A. Nlingote m
B. CPD ingot steel Nacero m en lingotes

ingot [ˈɪŋgət] nlingot m

ingot
nBarren m; steel ingotStahlblock m

ingot [ˈɪŋgət] nlingotto
ingot [ˈɪŋgət] nlingotto

ingot
n ingot [ˈiŋgət]
a mass of metal (eg gold or silver) cast in a mould The gold was transported as ingots. staaf سَبيكَه кюлче ingot barre der Barren ράβδος μετάλλου (χρυσού ή αργύρου) lingote, barra (kulla)kang شمش harkko lingot מְטִיל शिलिका šipka öntecs batangan málmstöng lingotto 鋳塊 주괴(鑄塊) luitas (zelta, metāla) stienis jongkong staaf (støpe)blokk, barre sztaba lingote lingou слиток ingot palica poluga tacka แท่งโลหะ külçe 鑄塊 зливок; брусок ڈھلی ہوئی دھات کا مستطیل ٹکڑا thỏi


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A keen observer of English customs relates that, being in one of the rooms of the Bank one day, he had the curiosity to examine a gold ingot weighing some seven or eight pounds.
By and by they came to the place where steel rails were made; and Jurgis heard a toot behind him, and jumped out of the way of a car with a white-hot ingot upon it, the size of a man's body.
Tarzan dropped his eyes to the ingot he had brought away with him.
 
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