An ingot is a lump of metal, usually shaped like a brick.
...gold ingots.
ingot in British English
(ˈɪŋɡət)
noun
1.
a piece of cast metal obtained from a mould in a form suitable for storage, transporting, and further use
verb
2. (transitive)
to shape (metal) into ingots
Also called: lingot
Word origin
C14: perhaps from in-2 + Old English goten, past participle of geotan to pour
ingot in American English
(ˈɪŋgət)
noun
1. Obsolete
a mold for casting metal into a bar
2.
a mass of metal cast into a bar or other convenient shape
Word origin
ME < MFr lingot (with faulty separation of l-, as if l', for le, the) < OFr, prob. < lingo, var. of lengo, tongue (< L lingua: see language): from the elongated form
ingot in Mechanical Engineering
(ɪŋgət)
Word forms: (regular plural) ingots
noun
(Mechanical engineering: General)
An ingot is an unfinished cast piece of metal.
Steel ingots are blocks of steel ready to be rolled or melted.
Forging involves using hard blows to form and shape metallic ingots into useful items.
An ingot is an unfinished cast piece of metal.
Related wordsCompare ingot with billet, which is a length of metal that has been partly processed but is not in its finalstate.
Examples of 'ingot' in a sentence
ingot
No mother names her cub for an ingot of iron, not even among my people.
Kerr, Katharine A TIME OF WAR (2002)
You're lucky you're not supervising having me cut out of a steel ingot.
Robert Wilson BLOOD IS DIRT (2002)
Carra took the ingot, which just fit into the palm of her hand.
Kerr, Katharine A TIME OF WAR (2002)
"Send Eve when you need someone to spell you," Wolfe said as he picked up the last ingot.