Day 1602
07 Nov 2025

ingot

/ˈɪŋɡət/

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.

verb
To form (scraps of metal) into ingots.