ingot

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ingot
    n 1: metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient
         handling [syn: {ingot}, {metal bar}, {block of metal}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ingot \In"got\, n. [Prob. from AS. in in + ge['o]tan to pour:
   cf. F. linglot, LL. lingotus a mass of gold or silver,
   extended in the manner of a tongue, and G. einguss, LG. & OE.
   ingot ingot, a mold for casting metals in. See {Found} to
   cast, and cf. {Linget}, {Lingot}, {Nugget}.]
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   1. That in which metal is cast; a mold. [Obs.]
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            And from the fire he took up his matter
            And in the ingot put it with merry cheer. --Chaucer.
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   2. A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal,
      cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal.
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            Wrought ingots from Besoara's mine.   --Sir W.
                                                  Jones.
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   {Ingot mold}, a box or mold in which ingots are cast.

   {Ingot iron}. See {Decarbonized steel}, under {Decarbonize}.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

25 Moby Thesaurus words for "ingot":
      bar, billet, bullion, button, cast, casting, coin gold,
      coin silver, copper, gate, gold, gold nugget, nickel, nugget, pig,
      precious metals, regulus, rod, sheet metal, silver, slab, sow,
      stick, strip, yellow stuff