pot metal

pot metal

n.

1. A copper and lead alloy, formerly used in making plumbing fixtures.

2. A cast iron used especially in making pots.

3. An inexpensive alloy of poor quality, usually containing lead, used especially in making castings: cheap jewelery made from plated pot metal.

4.

a. Glass melted in a pot.

b. Glass colored by being mixed with melted stained glass in a pot.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pot metal - cast iron used for making cooking wares cast iron - an alloy of iron containing so much carbon that it is brittle and so cannot be wrought but must be shaped by casting
	2.	pot metal - an alloy of copper and lead used especially for making large pots alloy, metal - a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"