Definition of Ingot

1. Noun. Metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling.

Exact synonyms: Block Of Metal, Metal Bar
Generic synonyms: Block
Specialized synonyms: Bullion, Pig

Definition of Ingot

1. n. That in which metal is cast; a mold.

Definition of Ingot

1. 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ingot

1. to shape into a convenient form for storage [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingot

ingluts
inglutted
inglutting
ingluvial
ingluvies
ingluvious
ingo
ingodite
ingoes
ingoing
ingoings
ingorge
ingorged
ingorges
ingorging
ingot (current term)
ingot iron
ingoted
ingoting
ingotlike
ingots
ingracious
ingraff
ingraffed
ingraffing
ingraffs
ingraft
ingrafted
ingrafter
ingrafters

Literary usage of Ingot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1889)
"If the pressure was deferred until the ingot slightly hardened, a ‘pipe would form in the ingot at the upper end, and would remain permanently, ..."

2. The Principles and practice of dentistry: Including Anatomy, Physiology by Chapin Aaron Harris, Philip H. Austen (1882)
"ingot-MOULDS, ROLLING-MILLS, SOLDER. gold, after being refined or alloyed, should then be reme! t J_ ili a clean crucible, well rubbed ou the inside with ..."

3. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"In stripping an ingot, the jaws engage the lugs and exert a powerful pull upward, while the ram, having been inserted through the top of the mould, ..."

4. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"The mould is then raised high enough to clear the ingot and placed upon an empty car standing, ready to receive it, on a track next and parallel to that on ..."

5. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1903)
"When Whitworth attacked the ingot the outer shell had solidified to a solid column outside, but molten in the centre along its axis, and in order to follow ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"1 represents an 18-in. ingot made on the writer's system, and as shown in ... If the ingot is allowed to go cold, the cavity can be measured and its cubic ..."

7. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"small ingot. This suggests that the average contraction of a large ingot is ... Because this excess of contraction helps to free the ingot from the mold, ..."

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