ingot

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪŋɡət/

Noun

ingot (plural ingots)

1. A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.

Translations

• French: lingot
• German: Barren
• Italian: lingotto
• Portuguese: lingote
• Russian: сли́ток
• Spanish: lingote

Verb

ingot (ingots, present participle ingoting; past and past participle ingoted)

1. (transitive) To form (scraps of metal) into ingots.

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