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View synonyms for ingot
ingot
[ ing-guht ]
noun
- a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
verb (used with object)
- to make ingots of; shape into ingots.
ingot
/ ˈɪŋɡət /
noun
- a piece of cast metal obtained from a mould in a form suitable for storage, transporting, and further use
verb
- tr to shape (metal) into ingots
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ingot1
C14: perhaps from in- ² + Old English goten, past participle of geotan to pour
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Example Sentences
These specimens were claimed to be aboriginal, but whether the marks were cast or stamped in the ingot is not stated.
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The Lydians began coinage by stamping with a punch each ingot or nugget of gold or silver, or a mixture of them called “Electrum.”
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Steel-ingot production fell in the spring of 1919 to lower figures than had been reached in more than two years.
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Sometimes the silver takes the bar or ingot shape, and is then termed Nen.
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At intervals the steel is tapped off from the furnace and run into ingot-moulds, the same as with the other process.
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