ingot

English

/ˈɪŋɡət/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ingot (something poured in) inherited from Old English *ingot derived from Proto-Germanic *in (in, into), *geutaną (pour, flow, smelt, found) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (pour, libate) affix from English gote (drain), yote inherited from Middle English ingot (something poured in) inherited from Old English ingoten.

Origin

Old English

ingoten

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