Definition of ingot Ingot

/ɪˈŋgʌt/ - [inggut] - in•got

We found 8 definitions of ingot from 7 different sources.

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What does ingot mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: ingots

ingot - metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling
  metal bar, block of metal
  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
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • ingot (Noun)
    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.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • ingot (n.)
    That in which metal is cast; a mold.
  • ingot (n.)
    A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • ingot
    A material, usually metal, that is cast into a shape suitable for further processing.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • ingot
    in′got, n. a mass of unwrought metal, esp. gold or silver, cast in a mould. [A.S. in, in, and goten, pa.p. of geótan, to pour; Ger. giessen, Goth. giutan. The Ger. einguss is an exact parallel to ingot.]

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • Ingots are bars of metal, formed by pouring the molten metal into a mould. This is done after it has been purified from the ore. Ingots are usually thought of as gold.

Part of speech

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  • ingot, verb, present, 1st person singular of ingot (infinitive).
  • ingot, verb (infinitive).
  • ingot, noun, singular of ingots.

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